counterchange
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause to change places, qualities, etc.; interchange.
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to diversify; checker.
verb
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to change parts, qualities, etc
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poetic to chequer, as with contrasting colours
Etymology
Origin of counterchange
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Net result: a cat-and-mouse game of code change and counterchange that could prevent the adoption of standards and stunt this medium for years to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
When tempered with flint or quartz sand to a uniform degree, they offer a splendid opportunity for counterchange pattern.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.
Then o'er Æneas' spirit, racked with fear, Joy stole in gentle counterchange.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Repetition and counterchange, of course, have their place in Japanese ornament, as in the diaper patterns for which these people have so singular an invention, but here, too, uniqueness and position are the principal inspiration.
From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
Every language, by counterchange, returns to the writer’s touch or breath his own intention, articulate: this is his note.
From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
The door and wall panels have elaborate architectural forms in relief with base, frieze, and pilasters; and are also fully inlaid with arabesques, counterchanged bay by bay.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
The arms of this family are, Per fesse nebulée azure, and argent three antelopes' heads, erased counterchanged, armed or.
From Notes and Queries, Number 22, March 30, 1850 by Various
His fancy is counterchanged between jest and earnest, and the earnest lies always in the jest, and the jest in the earnest.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
Per fesse indented quarterly or and sable, in each quarter an annulet counterchanged.
From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various
ARMS: per bend argent and sable, two anchors, the upper one reversed, counterchanged.
From Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Sieveking, Giberne
And from the mere fact of the counterchanging you gather that it is inlaid, and not onlaid.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary
In India they still inlay in cloth most marvellously, not only counterchanging the pattern, but inlaying the inlays with smaller patternwork, thus combining great simplicity of effect with wonderful minuteness of detail.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary
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