Counterbuff

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
Verb
  1. 1
    To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.

    "The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again."

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"The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again."

Etymology

From counter- + buff.

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