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
The 13th century parti-coloured and striped dresses foreshadowed the heraldic fashion, which must be studied for its proportion and treatment of decorative colour-values in counterchange to get the true value of its noble effects.
From Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers by Hughes, Talbot
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
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
Greek art and Gothic alike have series, with repetition or counterchange for their ruling motive.
From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
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
In this same way inlay of tortoise-shell and brass was made,—the two layers were sawed out together, and then counterchanged so as to give the pattern in each material upon the other.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs
Why doesn't a man who bears party per bend gules and or, a bezant and crab counterchanged," cried Rastignac, "display that ancient escutcheon of Picardy on the panels of a carriage?
From Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Balzac, Honoré de
Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
I could play quadrilles and country dances, and now and then a reel - nobody thought of waltzes - and the three couples changed and counterchanged partners.
From Chantry House by Yonge, Charlotte 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
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
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