Countertime \Coun"ter*time`\ (-t?m`), n.
1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his
cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad
horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
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2. Resistance; opposition. [Obs.]
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Give not shus the countertime to fate. --Dryden.
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