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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Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who passes counterfeit coin.
Counterplead :: Counterplead (v. t.) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Counterpassant :: Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Countersecure :: Countersecure (v. t.) To give additional security to or for.
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Countertime :: Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse..
Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc..
Encounterer :: Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Duplicate :: Duplicate (n.) That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart..
Barroom :: Barroom (n.) A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..
Counter :: Counter (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper..
Countre- :: Countre- () Same as prefix Counter-.
Counterclaim :: Counterclaim (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.
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