† ˈcounter-ˌscuffle Obs.
[counter- 11.]
A scuffle between opposing parties or persons. (Sometimes, humorously, a scuffle in the Counter prison.)
| 1628 R. S. (title), The Counter Scuffle, whereunto is added the Counter Ratt. 1656 Artif. Handsom. 154 What fierce conflicts and counter-scuffles have been among people of various minds. a 1674 Clarendon Hist. Reb. ix. (1703) II. 540 The Counter-scuffle at Petherton-Bridge, when two of his own Parties..fought with each other. 1682 N. O. Boileau's Lutrin iv. Argt. 30 This Counter-Scuffle, I dare stand in't, The Goddess Discord had a hand in't. |
So † counter-ˈscuffler, one who engages in a counter-scuffle; a competitor.
| a 1672 Wood Life (1848) 37 note, The Mertonian counter-scufflers..tug as hard for a postmaster's place as commons. |