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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Counterfute, -foot(e, a. Also: countirfute, cunterfute, -futt, counterfut, -fout, -fott. [Variant of counterfit (see Counterfait a.), prob. after Counterfute n.¹ Cf. Conterfute.] Counterfeit.(1) 1571 Treas. Acc. MS. 132.
iiij elnis and ane half of counterfute blak serge 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 363 b.
Counterfute perlis for masking, price of the thousand xij d. 1580 Acts III. 191/1.
Be occasioun quharof … fals and counterfute money hes passage and cours 1582 Treas. Acc. MS. 81.
Counterfute leonis canves to be ane doublet 1597 Bk. Rates 5.
Fustiane of Milan … Lyning fustiane … Cunterfutt fustiane 1611 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 280.
Becaus the mayneschottis of flour, … counterfute bunnes, yallow coittis and siclyk breid keipis na pais or wecht 1612 Bk. Rates 304.
Fans of counterfute ostridge feathers 1641 Edinb. Test. LIX. 286.
Certane ribbanes vpricht and counterfoot Ib.
Certane gold and silver pairling and freinȝeis vpricht and counterfott(2) 1573 Reg. Privy C. II. 210.
Certane vagabound ydill and countirfute people of diverse nationis, falslie namyt Egiptianis 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 91.
The counterfout assaultaris touke the flicht a1585 Polwart Flyt. 636 (T).
Ane counterfute cuistroun that clerkis dois not cair 1592 Acts III. 570/1.
The samyn … apperis to be bot forgeit and counterfute tytillis a1651 Calderwood II. 354.
This subscription is counterfoote in the principall Ib. IV. 67.
A messinger was sent under a counterfoote name