Meanings
nouncounterscale (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountablecounterbalance
cast New-Inn in counterscale with Christ-Church College
1655, James Howell, “To Dr. Tho. Prichard”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC
Origin
From counter- + scale, as if balancing one scale against another.
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counterscale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterscale
MLA
“counterscale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterscale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterscale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterscale.
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