Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Scontrá-re, v. a.
1. to encounter, meet with, light upon; 2. to check an account; 3. (mil. t.) to fall upon and defeat the enemy; v. r. to meet with, fall in with; s. m. Scontrá-tóre, f. Scontrá-tríce; adj.Scontrá-nte .
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
scontrare: to encounter, to shoke, to but, or meete with or vpon.