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<hw>Coun"ter*mure`</hw> <tt>(-m?r`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Counter-</ets> + <ets>mure</ets>: cf. F. <ets>contremur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. <mark>[R.]</mark> Cf. <er>Contramure</er>.</def>

<i>Knolles.</i>

<h1>Countermure</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun`ter*mure"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-m?r")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Countermured</er> <tt>(-m?rd")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Countermuring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>contremurer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To fortify with a wall behind another wall.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Kyd.</i>

<h1>Counternatural</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*nat`u*ral</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-n?t`?-r<it>a</it>l; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Contrary to nature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Harvey.</i>

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

<hw>Coun"ter-pa`ly</hw> <tt>(-p?`l?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>contre-pal\'82</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or <i>counterchanged</i>. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned <i>paly of six per fess</i> counterchanged <i>argent and azure</i>.</def>

<h1>Counterpane</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*pane`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-p?n`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Counterpoint</er>, corrupted into counter<ets>pane</ets>, from the employment of <ets>pane-</ets>shaped figures in these coverlets. ]</ety> <def>A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.</def>

<blockquote>On which a tissue <b>counterpane</b> was cast. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Counterpane</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*pane`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>contrepan</ets> a pledge, security; <ets>contre + pan</ets> a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. <ets>pan</ets> a skirt. See <er>Pane</er>, and cf. <er>Pawn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Law)</fld> <def>A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called <i>counterpart</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Read, scribe; give me the <b>counterpane</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Counterpart</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*part`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-p?rt`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.</def>

<blockquote>In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or <b>counterparts</b> one of another. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person who closely resembles another.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which suplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.</def>

<blockquote>O <b>counterpart</b> Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Counterpassant</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*pas`sant</hw> <tt>(-p?s"s<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Counter-</ets> + <ets> <ets>passant</ets>:cf. F. <ets>contrepassant</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.</def>

<h1>Counterplead</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*plead"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-pl?d")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.</def>