Counterchanged

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterchange \Coun`ter*change"\ (koun`t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Counterchanged} (-ch?njd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Counterchanging}.]
     1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to
        exchange.
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     2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.
        See {Counterchaged}, a., 2.
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              Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor
              Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterchanged \Coun`ter*changed"\ (-ch?njd"), a.
     1. Exchanged.
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     2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if
        the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is
        borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes
        on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will
        be azure.
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