counterscale

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ scale, as if balancing one scale against another.

Noun

counterscale (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) counterbalance
   • 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:

     cast New-Inn in counterscale with Christ-Church College

References

“counterscale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.