COUNTERMINES
Noun
countermines
plural of countermine
Anagrams
• misencounter
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTERMINE
Coun"ter*mine` (koun"tr-mn`), n. Etym: [Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.
Coun`ter*mine" (koun`tr-mn"), v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermining.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: To oppose by means or a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
Coun`ter*mine", v. i.
Definition: To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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