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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) [[A]] piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) Money; coin; - used in contempt. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) [[A]] prison; either of two prisons formerly in London. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (adv.) [[A]] prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) [[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. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. t.) [[A]] telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (adv.) At or against the front or face. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, - below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. </p> <p> '''(12):''' (adv.) 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. </p> <p> '''(13):''' (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. </p> <p> '''(14):''' (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot. </p> <p> '''(15):''' (n.) An encounter. </p> <p> '''(16):''' (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. </p> <p> '''(17):''' (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; - used chiefly with run or go. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:14, 13 October 2021
Counter [1]
(1): (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
(2): (v. t.) Money; coin; - used in contempt.
(3): (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
(4): (v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
(5): (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
(6): (v. t.) 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.
(7): (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
(8): (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
(9): (adv.) At or against the front or face.
(10): (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
(11): (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, - below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
(12): (adv.) 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.
(13): (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
(14): (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
(15): (n.) An encounter.
(16): (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
(17): (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; - used chiefly with run or go.
