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Counterchanged (gcide) | Counterchange \Coun`ter*change"\ (koun`t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-ch?njd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterchanging.]
1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to
exchange.
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2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.
See Counterchaged, a., 2.
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Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor
Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. --Tennyson.
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Counterchanged (gcide) | Counterchanged \Coun`ter*changed"\ (-ch?njd"), a.
1. Exchanged.
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2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if
the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is
borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes
on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will
be azure.
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