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Webster
1913
Edition
Countersway
Coun′ter-swayˊ
(-swāˊ)
,
Noun.
A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
[Obs.]
A
countersway
of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance.
Milton.
Webster
1828
Edition
Countersway
COUNTERSWAY
,
Noun.
Contrary sway; opposite influence.
Definition
2024
countersway
countersway
English
Noun
countersway
(
plural
countersways
)
(
obsolete
)
A
swaying
in a
contrary
direction
; an
opposing
influence
.
A
countersway
of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance.
—
Milton.
Etymology
counter-
+
sway
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