It was a marbled night of velvet black and iron grey, the two hues so mysteriously Counterchanged that you could have fancied either to be the cloud and the other the abyss beyond until a star peeped out to tell you of your mistake.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
I could play quadrilles and country dances, and now and then a reel- -nobody thought of waltzes-and the three couples changed and Counterchanged partners.
"Chantry House"
Charlotte M. Yonge
The St. George's cross remained as it was, but the saltires of Scotland and Ireland were placed side by side, but "Counterchanged"-that is, in the first and third divisions or quarters, the white, as senior, is uppermost, and in the second and fourth the red is uppermost.
"Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses."
Andrew Macgeorge