COUNTERDRAW, verb transitive [counter and draw.] In painting, to copy a design or painting, by means of a fine linen cloth, an oiled paper, or other transparent matter, whereon the strokes appearing through, they are traced with a pencil. The same is done on glass, and with frames or nets divided into squares with silk or thread, or by means of instruments, as the parallelogram.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.