COUNTERFOIL
COUNTERFOIL, COUNTERSTOCK, noun That part of a tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by an officer in that court, the other being delivered to the person who has lent the...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COUNTERFORT
COUNTERFORT, noun [counter and fort.] A buttress, spur or pillar serving to support a wall or terrace subject to bulge.
COUNTERGAGE
COUNTERGAGE, noun [counter and gage.] In carpentry, a method used to measure the joints, by transferring the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be, in order...
COUNTERGUARD
COUNTERGUARD, noun [counter and guard.] In fortification, a small rampart or work raised before the point of a bastion, consisting of two long faces parallel to the faces of the...
COUNTERLIGHT
COUNTERLIGHT, noun [counter and light.] A light opposite to any thing, which makes it appear to disadvantage.
COUNTERMAND
COUNTERMAND, verb transitive [Latin, to command.]1. To revoke a former command; or to give an order contrary to one before given, which annuls a former command and forbids its e...
COUNTERMANDED
COUNTERMANDED, participle passive Revoked; annulled, as an order.
COUNTERMANDING
COUNTERMANDING, participle present tense Revoking a former order; giving directions contrary to a former command.
COUNTERMARCH
COUNTERMARCH, noun1. A marching back; a returning.2. A change of the wings or face of a battalion, so as to bring the right to the left or the front into the rear.3. A change of...
COUNTERMARK
COUNTERMARK, noun [counter and mark.]1. A second or third mark put on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants, that it may not be opened, but in the presence of all the o...
COUNTERMINE
COUNTERMINE, noun [counter and mine.]1. In military affairs, a well and gallery sunk in the earth and running under ground, in search of the enemys mine, or till it meets it, to...
COUNTERMURE
COUNTERMURE, noun [Latin, a wall.] A wall raised behind another, to supply its place, when a breach is made.COUNTERMURE, noun To fortify with a wall behind another.
COUNTERNOISE
COUNTERNOISE, noun [counter and noise.] A noise or sound by which another noise or sound is overpowered.
COUNTERPACE
COUNTERPACE, noun [counter and pace.] A step or measure in opposition to another; contrary measure or attempt.
COUNTERPALED
COUNTERPALED, adjective [counter and pale.] In heraldry, is when the escutcheon is divided into twelve pales parted perfesse, the two colors being counterchanged; so that the up...
COUNTERPANE
COUNTERPANE, noun1. A particular kind of coverlet for a bed. [See Counterpoint.]2. One part of an indenture.
COUNTERPART
COUNTERPART, noun [counter and part.]1. The correspondent part; the part that answers to another, as the two papers of a contract or indentures; a copy; a duplicate. Also, the p...
COUNTERPASSANT
COUNTERPASSANT, adjective [counter and passant.] In heraldry, is when two lions in a coat of arms are represented as going contrary ways.
COUNTERPLEA
COUNTERPLEA, noun [counter and plea.] In law, a replication to a plea, or request.
COUNTERPLOT
COUNTERPLOT, verb transitive [counter and plot.] To oppose one plot to another; to attempt to frustrate stratagem by stratagem.COUNTERPLOT, noun A plot or artifice opposed to an...
COUNTERPLOTTING
COUNTERPLOTTING, noun A plotting in opposition to a stratagem.
COUNTERPOINT
COUNTERPOINT, noun1. A coverlet; a cover for a bed, stitched or woven in squares; written corruptly counterpane.2. In music, counterpoint is when the musical characters by which...
COUNTERPOISE
COUNTERPOISE, verb transitive s as z. [See Poise.]1. To counterbalance; to weigh against with equal weight; to be equiponderant to; to equal in weight.The force and distance of ...
COUNTERPOISED
COUNTERPOISED, participle passive Balanced by an equivalent opposing weight, or by equal power.
COUNTERPOISING
COUNTERPOISING, participle present tense Balancing by equal weight in the opposite scale, or by equal power.
COUNTERPOISON
COUNTERPOISON, noun s as z. [counter and poison.] One poison that destroys the effect of another; an antidote; a medicine that obviates the effects of poison.
COUNTERPRESSURE
COUNTERPRESSURE, noun [counter and pressure.] Opposing pressure; a force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction.