Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 135
Counter (n.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [Obs.]
To lock such rascal counters from his friends. -- Shak.
Counter (n.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the Counter. -- Fuller.
Counter (n.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. -- Knight.
Counter (n.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
Over the counter (Stock Exchanges), In an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [Cant]
Over the counter, Without a prescription; needing no prescription; -- said of medicines that can be legally bought without a physician's prescription.
Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
Running counter to all the rules of virtue. -- Locks.
Counter (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
This is counter, you false Danish dogs! -- Shak.
Counter (adv.) At or against the front or face. [R.]
Which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flier. -- Sandys.
Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle." -- I. Taylor.
Counter approach (Fort.), A trench or work pushed forward from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers. See Approach.
Counter bond (Law), In old practice, a bond to secure one who has given bond for another.
Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary.
Counter deed (Law), A secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed.
Counter distinction, Contradistinction. [Obs.]
Counter drain, A drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through.
Counter extension (Surg.), The fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.
Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure.
Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication.
Counter irritant (Med.), An irritant to produce a blister, a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in moral as in physical diseases." -- Macaulay.
Counter irritation (Med.), The act or the result of applying a counter irritant.
Counter opening, An aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place.
Counter parole (Mil.), A word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal.
Counter plea (Law), A replication to a plea. -- Cowell.
Counter pressure, Force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure.
Counter project, A project, scheme, or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. -- Swift.
Counter proof, In engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate.
Counter revolution, A revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things.
Counter revolutionist, One engaged in, or befriending, a counter revolution.
Counter round (Mil.), A body of officers whose duty it is to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.
Counter sea (Naut.), A sea running in an opposite direction from the wind.
Counter sense, Opposite meaning.
Counter signal, A signal to answer or correspond to another.
Counter signature, The name of a secretary or other officer countersigned to a writing. -- Tooke.
Counter slope, An overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter slope. -- Mahan.
Counter statement, A statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement.
Counter surety, A counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security.
Counter tally, A tally corresponding to another.
Counter tide, Contrary tide.
Counter (n.) (Naut.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
Counter (n.) (Mus.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
Counter (n.) (Far.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
Counter (n.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
Counter (n.) An encounter. [Obs.]
With kindly counter under mimic shade. -- Spenser.
Counter (v. i.) (Boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
His left hand countered provokingly. -- C. Kingsley.
Counter (adv.) In the opposite direction; "run counter".
Counter (a.) Indicating opposition or resistance [syn: antagonistic, counter].
Counter (n.) Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted.
Counter (n.) Game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games.
Counter (n.) A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens [syn: counter, tabulator].
Counter (n.) A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter, sideboard].
Counter (n.) A person who counts things.
Counter (n.) A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter].
Counter (n.) (Computer science) A register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers).
Counter (n.) A piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot" [syn: counter, heel counter].
Counter (n.) A return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch, parry, counter].
Counter (v.) Speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments".
Counter (v.) Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter].
COUNTER, Eng. law. The name of an ancient prison in the city of London, which has now been demolished.
Counteracted (imp. & p. p.) of Counteract.
Counteracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counteract.
Counteract (v. t.) 對……起反作用；對抗；抵消；中和 To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
Counteract (v.) Act in opposition to [syn: {antagonize}, {antagonise}, {counteract}].
Counteract (v.) Oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: {countercheck}, {counteract}].
Counteract (v.) Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: {counteract}, {countervail}, {neutralize}, {counterbalance}].
Counteract (v.) Destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: {sabotage}, {undermine}, {countermine}, {counteract}, {subvert}, {weaken}].
Counteraction (n.) 反作用；對抗；抵消；中和 [U] [C] Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
[They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principle or of stubborn partiality. -- Johnson.
Counteraction (n.) Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action [syn: {neutralization}, {neutralisation}, {counteraction}].
Counteractive (a.) 反對的；中和性的 Tending to counteract.
Counteractive (n.) 中和劑；中和力 One who, or that which, counteracts.
Counteractive (a.) Opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action.
Counteractively (adv.) By counteraction.
Counteractively (adv.) In a counteractive manner.
Counterattack (n.) 反攻，反擊 [C] An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. [syn: counterattack, countermove].
Counterattack (n.) (Chess) An attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board [syn: counterattack, counterplay].
Counterattack (v.) 反攻，反擊 Make a counterattack [syn: counterattack, counterstrike].
Counterbalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Counterbalance.
Counterbalancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterbalance.
Counterbalance (v. t.) 使平均，使平衡，使彌補，抵消 To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder. -- Boyle.
The study of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Counterbalance (n.) 平衡量，平衡力，勢均力敵 A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another
Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel
Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
Money is the counterbalance to all other things purchasable by it. -- Locke. Counter-balanced
Counterbalance (n.) A weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser].
Counterbalance (n.) Equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance].
Counterbalance (n.) A compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance, offset].
Counterbalance (v.) Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up].
Counterbalance (v.) Contrast with equal weight or force [syn: oppose, counterbalance].
Counterbalance (v.) Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance].
Counterbore (n.) A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.
Counterbore (n.) A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth.
Counterbore (v. t.) To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore.
Counterbore (n.) A bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole [syn: {counterbore}, {countersink}, {countersink bit}].
Counter brace () (Naut.) 副撐臂；轉帆索 The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
Counter brace () (Engin.) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.
Note: In a quadrilateral system of bracing, the main brace is usually in the direction of one diagonal, and the counter brace in the direction of the other. Strains in counter braces are occasioned by the live load only, as, in a roof, by the wind, or, in a bridge, by a moving train.
Counterbrace (v. t.) (Natu.) To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
Counterbrace (v. t.) (Engin.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.
Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front. -- Dryden.
Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.
Countercast (n.) A trick; a delusive contrivance. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.
Counterchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Counterchange.
Counterchanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchange.
Counterchange (v. t.) 交換；使成交錯雜色 To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.
Counterchange (v. t.) To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2.
Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. -- Tennyson.
Counterchange (n.) Exchange; reciprocation.
Counterchange (v.) (v. i.) 變換 Cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: {counterchange}, {transpose}, {interchange}].
Counterchanged (a.) Exchanged.
Counterchanged (a.) (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
Countercharge (n.) 【軍】反攻 An opposing charge.
Countercharge (n.) 【律】反訴 A charge brought by an accused person against the accuser.
Countercharge (n.) A retaliatory charge.
Countercharmed (imp. & p. p.) of Countercharm.
Countercharming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countercharm.
Countercharm (v. t.) To destroy the effect of a charm upon.
Countercharm (n.) That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm.
Counterchecked (imp. & p. p.) of Countercheck.
Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countercheck.
Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
The system of checks and counterchecks. -- J. H. Newton.
Countercheck (n.) A check that restrains another check.
Countercheck (n.) Something that checks the correctness of a previous check [syn: {countercheck}, {double check}].
Countercheck (v.) Oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: {countercheck}, {counteract}].
Countercheck (v.) Check a second time.
Counterclaim (n.) (Law) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
Counterclaim (n.) A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action.
Counterclaim (v.) Set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim.
Counter-compony (a.) (Her.) See Compony.
Counter-couchant (a.) (Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.
Counter-courant (a.) (Her.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.
Countercurrent (a.) Running in an opposite direction.
Countercurrent (n.) 逆流；【電】逆電流 A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Countercurrent (n.) A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent].
Countercurrent (n.) Actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" [syn: countercurrent, crosscurrent].
Counterdrew (imp.) of Counterdraw.
Counterdrawn (p. p.) of Counterdraw.
Counterdrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterdraw.
Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.
Counterfaisance (n.) See Counterfesance. [Obs.]
Counterfesance (n.) The act of forging; forgery. [Obs.] [Written also counterfaisance.].
Counterfeit (a.) 假冒的，假裝的 Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
Look here upon this picture, and on this The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. -- Shak.
Counterfeit (a.) Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin. "No counterfeit gem." -- Robinson (More's Utopia).
Counterfeit (a.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. "An arrant counterfeit rascal." -- Shak.
Syn: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.
Counterfeit (n.) 贗品，偽造品 That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens. -- Shak.
Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself. -- Spenser.
Counterfeit (n.) That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. -- Shak.
Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. -- Macaulay.
Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. -- Shak.
Counterfeit (a.) 僞造的；仿造的；假冒的 Made to look like the original of something, usually for dishonest or illegal purposes.
// Counterfeit jewellery/ passports/ coins.
Counterfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Counterfeit.
Counterfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterfeit.
Counterfeit (v. t.) 仿造，偽裝，假裝 To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. -- Goldsmith.
Counterfeit (v. t.) To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
Counterfeit (v. i.) 仿造，偽裝，假裝 To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. -- Shak.
Counterfeit (v. i.) To make counterfeits.
Counterfeit (a.) Not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" [syn: counterfeit, imitative] [ant: echt, genuine].
Counterfeit (n.) A copy that is represented as the original [syn: counterfeit, forgery].
Counterfeit (v.) Make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" [syn: forge, fake, counterfeit].
Counterfeiter (n.) One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.
The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. -- Camden.
Counterfeiter (n.) One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.
Counterfeiters of devotion. -- Sherwood.
Counterfeiter (n.) Someone who makes copies illegally [syn: forger, counterfeiter].
Counterfeitly (adv.) By forgery; falsely.
Counterfesance (a.) The act of forging; forgery. [Obs.] [Written also counterfaisance.]
Counterfleury (a.) (Her.) Counterflory.
Counterflory (a.) (Her.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.
Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock.
Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.
Counterfoil (n.) The part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub, check stub, counterfoil].
Counterforce (n.) An opposing force.
Counterfort (n.) (Fort.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.
Counterfort (n.) A spur or projection of a mountain. -- Imp. Dict.
Countergage (n.) (Carp.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. -- Knight.
Counterguard (n.) (Fort.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. Counterirritant
Counterinsurgency (n.) （政府的）反暴動，反叛亂 Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency [syn: {pacification}, {counterinsurgency}].
Counterinsurgency (n.) [ U or C ] （政府的）反暴動，反叛亂 Military action taken by a government to prevent attacks by small groups of soldiers or fighters that are opposed to it.
Counterirritant (n.) Alt. of Counterirritation.
Counterirritation (n.) See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.
Counterirritant (n.) A medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
Counterirritate (v. t.) (Med.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Counterjumper (n.) A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously. [Slang]
Countermen (n. pl. ) of Counterman.
Counterman (n.) A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [Eng.]
Counterman (n.) Someone who attends a counter (as in a diner) [syn: counterperson, counterwoman, counterman].
Countermanded (imp. & p. p.) of Countermand.
Countermanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermand.
Countermand (v. t.) To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.