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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In fencing, a parry of the kind known as counter. See counter, 6.
Wiktionary
- n. fencing A parry that moves in a circle to end up in the same position in which it started. Also known as a circular parry.
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“In two minutes I had his whole budget of the art laid bare to me; he had but four parries -- quarte and tierce for the high lines, with septime and second for the low ones -- and had never seen a counter-parry or lunge in the whole course of his misspent life.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“I took the blade on the cane; then, as he disengaged and came at me lower, I made counter-parry, and pursuing the circle after I had caught his steel, I carried it out of his hand.”
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