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English Dictionary: counter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
counter
adv
  1. in the opposite direction; "run counter"
adj
  1. indicating opposition or resistance [syn: antagonistic, counter]
n
  1. table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
  2. game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
  3. a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
    Synonym(s): counter, tabulator
  4. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
    Synonym(s): buffet, counter, sideboard
  5. a person who counts things
  6. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
    Synonym(s): rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
  7. (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
  8. a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot"
    Synonym(s): counter, heel counter
  9. a return punch (especially by a boxer)
    Synonym(s): counterpunch, parry, counter
v
  1. speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
  2. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
    Synonym(s): anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\, n.
  
      {Over the counter} (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said
            of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an
            exchange. [Cant] Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n.
      (Astron.)
      An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous
      light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen
      during September and October, when in the constellations
      Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood.
      Called also {Gegenschein}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Speed counter \Speed counter\ (Mach.)
      A device for automatically counting the revolutions or
      pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also
      simply {counter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\ (koun"t?r-).
  
      Note: [See {Counter}, adv. ]
      A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as,
      counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See {Counter}, adv.
      & a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\, adv. [F. contre, fr. L. contra against. Cf.
      {Contra-}.]
      1. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction;
            contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
  
                     Running counter to all the rules of virtue. --Locks.
  
      2. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a
            hound that runs counter.
  
                     This is counter, you false Danish dogs! --Shak.
  
      3. At or against the front or face. [R.]
  
                     Which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the
                     back of the flier.                              --Sandys.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Count"er\ (koun"t?r), n. [OE. countere, countour, a
      counter (in sense 1), OF. contere, conteor, fr. conter to
      count. See {Count}, v. t. ]
      1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
  
      2. A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning,
            in keeping account of games, etc.
  
                     The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve
                     as counters reckon the days of the week. --E. B.
                                                                              Tylor.
  
                     What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it
                     without counters.                              --Shak.
  
      3. Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [Obs.]
  
                     To lock such rascal counters from his friends.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
  
                     Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the Counter.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
      5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing
            press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the
            revolutions or the pulsations. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\, a.
      Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse;
      antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a
      counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
      [bd]Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle.[b8]
      --I. Taylor.
  
      {Counter approach} (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward
            from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers.
            See {Approach}.
  
      {Counter bond} (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one
            who has given bond for another.
  
      {Counter brace}. See {Counter brace}, in Vocabulary.
  
      {Counter deed} (Law), a secret writing which destroys,
            invalidates, or alters, a public deed.
  
      {Counter distinction}, contradistinction. [Obs.]
  
      {Counter drain}, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a
            canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may
            soak through.
  
      {Counter extension} (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part
            of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part,
            as in cases of luxation or fracture.
  
      {Counter fissure} (Surg.) Same as {Contrafissure}.
  
      {Counter indication}. (Med.) Same as {Contraindication}.
  
      {Counter irritant} (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister,
            a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of
            the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in
            some other part. [bd]Counter irritants are of as great use
            in moral as in physical diseases.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      {Counter irritation} (Med.), the act or the result of
            applying a counter irritant.
  
      {Counter opening}, an aperture or vent on the opposite side,
            or in a different place.
  
      {Counter parole} (Mil.), a word in addition to the password,
            given in time of alarm as a signal.
  
      {Counter plea} (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell.
  
      {Counter pressure}, force or pressure that acts in a contrary
            direction to some other opposing pressure.
  
      {Counter project}, a project, scheme, or proposal brought
            forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of
            a treaty. --Swift.
  
      {Counter proof}, in engraving, a print taken off from another
            just printed, which, by being passed through the press,
            gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same
            position as that of plate from which the first was
            printed, the object being to enable the engraver to
            inspect the state of the plate.
  
      {Counter revolution}, a revolution opposed to a former one,
            and restoring a former state of things.
  
      {Counter revolutionist}, one engaged in, or befriending, a
            counter revolution.
  
      {Counter round} (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is
            to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.
  
      {Counter sea} (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction
            from the wind.
  
      {Counter sense}, opposite meaning.
  
      {Counter signal}, a signal to answer or correspond to
            another.
  
      {Counter signature}, the name of a secretary or other officer
            countersigned to a writing. --Tooke.
  
      {Counter slope}, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a
            counter slope. --Mahan.
  
      {Counter statement}, a statement made in opposition to, or
            denial of, another statement.
  
      {Counter surety}, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one
            who has given security.
  
      {Counter tally}, a tally corresponding to another.
  
      {Counter tide}, contrary tide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\, n. [OE. countour, OF. contouer, comptouer,
      F. comptoir, LL. computatorium, prop., a computing place,
      place of accounts, fr. L. computare. See {Count}, 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\, n. [See {Counter}, adv., {Contra}.]
      1. (Naut.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water
            line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the
            stern proper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\ (koun"t?r), n.
      An encounter. [Obs.]
  
               With kindly counter under mimic shade.   --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Counter \Coun"ter\, v. i. (Boxing)
      To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
  
               His left hand countered provokingly.      --C. Kingsley.
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