countercharge

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The ceiling is coffered, and the male and female patterns are counterchanged diagonally.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

Per fesse indented quarterly or and sable, in each quarter an annulet counterchanged.

From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

Why doesn't a man who bears party per bend gules and or, a bezant and crab counterchanged," cried Rastignac, "display that ancient escutcheon of Picardy on the panels of a carriage?

From Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Balzac, Honoré de

His fancy is counterchanged between jest and earnest, and the earnest lies always in the jest, and the jest in the earnest.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

His jerkin and hose were of motley, the left arm and right leg being blue, their opposites, orange tawny, while the nether socks and shoes were in like manner black and scarlet counterchanged.

From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.