Part 2494

<hw>Coun"ter*pole`</hw> <tt>(-p?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The exact opposite.</def>

<blockquote>The German prose offers the <b>counterpole</b> to the French style. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Counterponderate</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*pon"der*ate</hw> <tt>(-p?n"d?r-?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>TO equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.</def>

<h1>Counterprove</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*prove"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-pr??v")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Counterproved</er> <tt>(-pr??vd")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Counterproving</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See <cref>Counter proof</cref>, under <er>Counter</er>.</def>

<h1>Counter-roll</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter-roll`</hw> <tt>(-r?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Control</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<note>&hand; As a verb this word is contracted into <i>control</i>. See <er>Control</er>.</note>

<h1>Counterrolment</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*rol"ment</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-r?l"m<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A counter account. See <er>Control</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Counter-salient</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter-sa"li*ent</hw> <tt>(-s?"l?-e]/>nt &or; -s?l"y<it>e</it>nt; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.</def>

<h1>Counterscale</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*scale`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-sk?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Counterscarf</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*scarf`</hw> <tt>(-sk?rf`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Counter-</ets> + <ets> <ets>scarp</ets>: cf. F. <ets>contrescarpe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; <as>as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the <ex>counterscarp</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Counterseal</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*seal"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-s?l")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Countersealed</er> <tt>(-s?ld")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Countersealing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To seal or ratify with another or others.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Countersecure</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*se*cure"</hw> <tt>(-s?-k?r")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give additional security to or for.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Countershaft</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*shaft`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-sh?ft`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.</def>