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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Countertime

/(-t?m`)/ · Coun·ter·time · IPA /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌtaɪm/
01 n. The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of th…
  1. 1.
    The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.(Man.)
  2. 2.
    Resistance; opposition.[Obs.]
    “Give not shus the countertime to fate.” Dryden.