10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERMURE»
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countermure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
countermure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of the English Language
COUNTERMURE, (koun'-ter-mure) n. s. A wall built up behind another wall, to
supply its place. To COUNTERMURE, (koun'-ter-mure) v.a. To fortify with a
countermure. COUNTERPANE, (koun'-ter-pane) n.s. A coverlet for a bed.
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson, 1828
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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary ...
A wall built up behind another wall, to take its place if carried. "... the countermure
, new built against the breach, standing upon a lower ground, it seldom touched."
— Knot Its. 2. Masonry: The facing of a wall. coTln'-tSr-mUre, v. t. [Countermure, ...
3
A History of Greece by the Rev. Connop Thirlwall: Vol. 3
Now however, after the main hope of the Peloponnesians, which rested on their
mound, was completely defeated by the countermure, Archidamus resolved to try
a last extraordinary experiment. He caused the hollow between the mound and ...
4
A commentary of the services and charges of William Lord ...
... as havyng cleane ruyned the oald wall, dyd dryve thowroghe the rampyre and
a new countermure of earthe rayzed uppon the same, where my lord, syttyng
uppon a fourme, with sir Henry Paulmerb and my coozin Lewys Dyve,c hys
deputie, ...
Arthur Grey Grey de Wilton (14th Baron), Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton (10th Bart.), Camden Society (Great Britain)., 1847
5
The Historians' History of the World: Greece to the ...
This countermure drove the besiegers to their last resources. They had already
brought battering engines to play upon the walls. But the spirit and ingenuity of
the besieged had generally baffled these assaults ; though one had given an ...
Henry Smith Williams, 1904
6
Works of the Camden Society
... as havyng cleane ruyned the oald wall, dyd dryve thowroghe the rampyre and
a new countermure of earthe rayzed uppon the same, where my lord, syttyng
uppon a fourme, with sir Henry Paulmerb and my coozin Lewys Dyve,c hys
deputie, ...
7
Manipulus vocabulorum: A dictionary of English and Latin ...
21 26 Countermure, sb. promurale, 192 16 " Countremure to a fortresse or campe
. agger, eris." — Huloet. " Contrescarpe ; a countersoarfe or countermure in a
fortified town." — Cosgrave. Counterpoynt, sb. 215 41 Countesse, sb.
Peter Levins, Henry B. Wheatley, 1867
8
A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the ...
27. OF. contrefaisance, counterfeiting (Godefroy). countermure, to wall round, to
fence in. Kyd, Span. Tragedy, iii. 7. 16. F. contremurer, Ital. ' contramurare, to
countermure ' (Florio). counterpoint, a counterpane for a bed. Tam, Shrew, ii. 1.
353.
Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew, 1914
9
The Historians' History of the World
This countermure drove the besicgers to their last resources. They had already
brought battering engines to play upon the walls. But the spirit and ingenuity of
the besieged had generally baliled these assaults; though one had given an ...
Henry Smith Williams, 1908
10
John Florio: A Worlde of Wordes
CONTRAMURO, a countermure. CONTRAOPERATIONE, a counterworke, a
contrarie operation. CONTRAPASSARE, to do or to forfait against any edict.
CONTRAPASSO, a forfaiture against any statute, a law as we should say limme
for limme ...
