countercheck

To have his keys to count and countercheck.

We are, indeed, very fond of range, and if there is check, there should be countercheck; and in this view we are delighted to see these great Italians domesticated here.

It was not possible more cleverly to meet every difficulty, to countercheck every contingency, than by this subtle scheme.

That word fell on his ear for the first time from a white man's lips, and the stupefaction of it was a countercheck to his grief.

The countercheck was effectual, and from her position of vantage the lady fired her first shot.