Part 2487

<hw>Coun"ter*cast`er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used conteptuously.</def>

<h1>Counterchange</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun`ter*change"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-ch?nj)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Counterchanged</er> <tt>(-ch?njd")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Counterchanging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See <er>Counterchaged</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 2.</def>

<blockquote>With-elms, that <b>counterchange</b> the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Counterchange</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*change`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-ch?nj`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exchange; reciprocation.</def>

<h1>Counterchanged</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun`ter*changed"</hw> <tt>(-ch?njd")</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exchanged.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, <i>or</i> and <i>azure</i>, and cross is borne <i>counterchanged</i>, that part of the cross which comes on the <i>azure</i> side will be <i>or</i>, and that on the <i>or</i> side will be <i>azure</i>.</def>

<h1>Countercharge</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*charge`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-ch?rj`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An opposing charge.</def>

<h1>Countercharm</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun`ter*charm"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-ch?rm")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Countercharmed</er> <tt>(-ch?rmd`)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Countercharming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To destroy the effect of a charm upon.</def>

<h1>Countercharm</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*charm`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-ch?rm`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm.</def>

<h1>Countercheck</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun`ter*check"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-ch?k")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Counterchecked</er> <tt>(-ch?ckt")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Counterchecking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.</def>

<h1>Countercheck</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*check`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-ch?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.</def>

<blockquote>The system of checks and <b>counterchecks</b>. <i>J. H. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Counterclaim</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*claim`</hw> <tt>(-kl?m`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.</def>

<h1>Counter-compony</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter-com*po`ny</hw> <tt>(-k?m-p?`n?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Compony</er>.</def>

<h1>Counter-couchant</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter-couch`ant</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-kouch"<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.</def>