Counter
Definition of Counter
Count´er Pronunciation: koun´t?r | n. | 1. | One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner. | | 2. | A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. | | 3. | Money; coin; - used in contempt. | | 4. | A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London. | | 5. | A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. | | 1. | 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. | | adv. | 1. | Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; - used chiefly with run or go. | | 2. | In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter. | | 3. | At or against the front or face.Which [ darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flier. - Sandys. | | a. | 1. | Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. | | n. | 1. | (Naut.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, - below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. | | 2. | (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. | | 3. | (Far.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. | | 4. | The back leather or heel part of a boot. | | 1. | An encounter. | | v. i. | 1. | (Boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
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