Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN'TER-POI-SON
COUN'TER-POIS-INGCOUN-TER-PRAC'TICE
COUN'TER-POI-SON, n. [s as z. counter and poison.]
One poison that destroys the effect of another; an antidote; a medicine that obviates the effects of poison. – Arbuthnot.
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