counter surf

Example Sentences

• "With nothing to cause temptation, there will be no reason for him to counter surf other than to grab your attention."
• "Remember, Attention Seekers who counter surf need to be trained differently than those cats who have other reasons for surfing, but regardless of your cat's motivation for counter surfing, don't yell at her or attempt to stare her down, pet her, or squirt her with water."
• "If you insist on leaving food out and not crating your dog, or if your dog is so bold that he tries to counter surf in your presence, try the following."
• "I would however beg to qualify this observation to a slight extent by remarking, that the nearer a vessel is anchored to the beach, she approaches the influence of the counter surf from the shore, and to this circumstance may be attributed a greater and more sudden jerk than the ship would receive by being removed from its scope, and therefore any ship anchoring in the Bay with bad and insufficient ground tackle is liable to be driven ashore: the small extent of this bay obliging vessels to come within this influence, it is therefore of paramount importance that vessels should be well found."
• "The seas continually brake over the shops poope, and flew into the sailes with such violence, that we still expected the tearing of our sayles, or oversetting of the ship, and withall to our utter discomfort, wee perceived that wee fell still more and more to leeward, so that wee could not double the cape: wee were nowe come within halfe a mile of the cape, and so neere the shore that the counter-suffe of the sea would rebound against the shippes side, so that wee were much dismayed with the horror of our present ende."