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  • English Word Countersinking Definition of Countersink
  • English Word Counterstand Definition Resistance; opposition; a stand against.
  • English Word Counterstep Definition A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.
  • English Word Counterstock Definition See Counterfoil.
  • English Word Counterstroke Definition A stroke or blow in return.
  • English Word Countersunk Definition of Countersink
  • English Word Countersunk Definition Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.
  • English Word Countersunk Definition Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.
  • English Word Countersunk Definition Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.
  • English Word Countersway Definition A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
  • English Word Counterterm Definition A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend".
  • English Word Countertime Definition 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.
  • English Word Countertime Definition Resistance; opposition.
  • English Word Countertrippant Definition Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
  • English Word Countertripping Definition Same as Countertrippant.
  • English Word Counterturn Definition The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
  • English Word Countervail Definition To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
  • English Word Countervail Definition Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.
  • English Word Countervailed Definition of Countervail
  • English Word Countervailing Definition of Countervail
  • English Word Countervallation Definition See Contravallation.
  • English Word Counterview Definition An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.
  • English Word Counterview Definition A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
  • English Word Countervote Definition To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.
  • English Word Counterwait Definition To wait or watch for; to be on guard against.
  • English Word Counterweigh Definition To weigh against; to counterbalance.
  • English Word Counterwheel Definition To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
  • English Word Counterwork Definition To work in opposition to; to counteract.
  • English Word Countess Definition The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
  • English Word Countesses Definition of Countess