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a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe

game equipment used in various card or board games

in the opposite direction; "run counter"

speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"

a person who counts things

a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe

game equipment used in various card or board games

in the opposite direction; "run counter"

speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

Money; coin; -- used in contempt.

A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

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.

Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

At or against the front or face.

Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

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.

The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

The back leather or heel part of a boot.

An encounter.

To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

An encounter.

One who, or that which, reckons or serves to keep an account; a shop table; as, the counter in a store; a blow given in trying to ward off a blow; the leather that strengthens the heel of a shoe.

In boxing, to give a return blow while trying to escape a blow.

Contrary; adverse; in an opposite direction; as, to go counter to advice: pr efix, contrary; opposite; as, counter-evidence, evidence opposing other evidence.

He who or that which counts: that which indicates a number: a piece of metal, etc., used in reckoning: a table on which money is counted or goods laid.

Against: in opposition.

Contrary: opposite.

In opposition.

One who counts; piece of metal, &c., used in counting; a shop table.

Contrary; opposing.

One who counts; a counting-machine; a piece of wood, ivory, etc., used in counting.

A table on which to count money or expose goods for sale.

An opposite; a parry; return blow.

The portion of a shoe that surrounds the heel.

Contrary; reversely.

Contrary; opposite; as, counteract, counterpart.

Opposite; contrary; in opposition; contrariwise.

A piece of metal, &c., used as means of reckoning; a table or board on which money is counted or goods laid; one who or that which counts.

An arch or vault whose upper part is terminated by the bottom of the stern; an under part which serves as a contrast to the principal parts; counter-tenor. Counter of a horse, that part which lies between the shoulder and under the neck.

A prefix, expressing opposition.

One who; that which is used in reckoning numbers; a table on which money is counted or goods laid; an imitation of a piece of money.

See count, to number.

Contrary; in opposition; the wrong way; another form of prefix contra, opposition or contrariety.

In music, the part immediately below the treble-formerly an under part serving as a contrast to a principal part.

Combining form of Lat., contra, against, in return; used in this sense in compound words.

n. One who counts, or keeps an account; —a piece of metal, wood, &c., in the form of a coin, used in reckoning; —a table or board on which money is counted, and on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers; —a check, as upon articles delivered; —a tell-tale.

adv. [French] [Latin] Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction. This word is prefixed to many others, chiefly verbs and nouns, expressing opposition or contrariety.

A false piece of money used as a means of reckoning; the form on which goods are viewed and money told in a shop.

Contrary to, in opposition to; the wrong way; contrary ways.