2. Verb. (third-person singular of counterpoise) ¹
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Definition of Counterpoises
1. counterpoise [v] - See also: counterpoise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpoises
Literary usage of Counterpoises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"Such, for the present, were the counterpoises against the imperial oppression.
... But the extent to which these counterpoises were carried must be gathered ..."
2. Modern Philology: Its Discoveries, History, and Influence by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1864)
"The doctrine of counterpoises in derived forms. The whole system of checks and
balances adopted by the Greeks, in the lengthening and shortening of words, ..."
3. A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks and Watches and Bells by Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe (1874)
"There should always be some external counterpoises to large hands, both for wind
and weight. They should not be above J/§ the length of the long hand, ..."
4. A Handbook of Chemical Manipulation by C[harles] Greville Williams (1857)
"The weight should be ascertained when empty, or, what is perhaps better,
counterpoises for all the platinum crucibles, porcelain capsules, and other vessels ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... were overcharged with many unnecessary delights and worldly desires, had so
much the more need of counterpoises to bring them back to their equilibrium, ..."
6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1863)
"The old lever counterpoises of the Transit Instrument were removed some years
since by Professor Challis, and replaced by spring counterpoises, ..."
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