Word Meanings - COUNTERCHANGED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. (more info)

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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. (more info) 1. Exchanged.

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• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• FIELD
  The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
• CROSSLY
  Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
• CROSS-EXAMINER
  One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
• CROSSJACK
  The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• FIELDING
  The act of playing as a fielder.
• DIVIDER
  An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
• CROSSOPTERYGIAN
  Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n.
• CROSSBRED
  Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
• DIVIDEND
  A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
• CROSS-STONE
  See STAUROTIDE
• CROSS-ARMED
  With arms crossed.
• BORNE
  Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.
• CROSSGRAINED
  1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• COUNTERCHANGED
  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. (more info)
• COUNTERCHANGE
  1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. 2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.
• FIELDY
  Open, like a field. Wyclif.
• HOMEFIELD
  Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
• SUBINDIVIDUAL
  A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.
• LACROSSE
  A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught
• INFIELD
  To inclose, as a field.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .