Definition of counter

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Counter (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..

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Counter-paly :: Counter-paly (a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure..
Neutralize :: Neutralize (v. t.) To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc..
Encounterer :: Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Countercharge :: Countercharge (n.) An opposing charge.
Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
Counter :: Counter (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..
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.
Uncoined :: Uncoined (a.) Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural.
Counterfeiter :: Counterfeiter (n.) One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger..
Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties..
Counterirritation :: Counterirritation (n.) See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a..
Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
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..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane..
Counterstand :: Counterstand (n.) Resistance; opposition; a stand against.
Refute :: Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. t.) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof..
Rencountering :: Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounte.
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