counterscale en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + scale, as if balancing one scale against another.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) counterbalance
cast New-Inn in counterscale with Christ-Church College
1655, James Howell, “To Dr. Tho. Prichard”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC: