contrarious (kontrarius)

[ The goddes ben contrarious to me. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1360. Orlando, what contrarious thoughts be these, That flock with doubtful motions in thy mind? Greene, Orlando Furioso. She flew contrarious in the face of God With bat-wings of her vices. Mrs. Browning. IMG:content-1196.png:[blocks in formation] contra-rotationt (konträ-rō-tā'shon), n. [ Some have thought that by the Contrariety of the Strophé and Antistrophé, they intended to represent the Contra rotation of the Primum Mobile. Congreve, The Pindari que Ode. contra rotula tort (kon-tra-rōtū-lā-tor), n. [ML.: see controller .] A controller; one whose busine it was to observe the money which the collectors had gathered for the use of the king or the people. Cowell .