Countermine
Pronunciation : Coun"ter*mine` (koun"tr-mn`)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]
Definition : 1. (Mil.)
Defn: An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Coun`ter*mine" (koun`tr-mn")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermining.]
Definition : 1. (Mil.)
Defn: To oppose by means or a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Coun`ter*mine"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913