n. [ Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine. ]
Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. contreminer. ]
v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. [ 1913 Webster ]
'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]