Definition of counter

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Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

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Counterwait :: Counterwait (v. t.) To wait or watch for; to be on guard against.
Countermark :: Countermark (n.) A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was tak
Repassant :: Repassant (a.) Counterpassant.
Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
Countermure :: Countermure (v. t.) To fortify with a wall behind another wall.
Fish :: Fish (n.) A counter, used in various games..
Justle :: Justle (n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle.
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to..
Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..
Efficacy :: Efficacy (n.) Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer..
Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..
Antonym :: Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.
Simulate :: Simulate (v. t.) To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign..
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane..
Mendacious :: Mendacious (a.) False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement..
Countermanding :: Countermanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterman.
Counterpassant :: Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
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