Part 2497

<blockquote>Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In <b>counterview</b>. <i>Milton</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>M. Peisse has ably advocated the <b>counterview</b> in his preface and appendixx. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.</def>

<blockquote>I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in <b>counterview</b>, or contrast with that of the other company. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countervote</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*vote"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-v?t")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To vote in opposition ti; to balance or overcome by viting; to outvote.</def>

<i>Dr. J. Scott.</i>

<h1>Counterwalt</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*walt"</hw> <tt>(koun`ter-w?t")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To wait or watch for; to be on guard against.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Counterweigh</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*weigh"</hw> <tt>(-w?")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To weigh against; to counterbalance.</def>

<h1>Counter weight</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter *weight`</hw> <tt>(-w?t`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A counterpoise.</def>

<h1>Counterwheel</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*wheel"</hw> <tt>(-hw?l")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.</def>

<h1>Counterwork</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*work"</hw> <tt>(-w?rk")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To work in oppositeion to; to counteract.</def>

<blockquote>That <b>counterworks</b>h folly and caprice. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countess</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Count"ess</hw> <tt>(kount"?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Countesses</plw> <tt>(-<?/s)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>comtesse</ets>. See <er>Count</er> a nobleman.]</ety> <def>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 <er>Count</er>.</def>

<h1>Countinghouse kountng-hous, Countingroom</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw><hw>Count"ing*house`</hw> <tt>(kount"?ng-hous`)</tt>, <hw>Count"ing*room`</hw> <tt>(kount"?ng-r??m`)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Count</er>, <ets>v</ets>. ]</ety> <def>The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.</def>

<h1>Countless</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Count"less</hw> <tt>(-l?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.</def>

<h1>Countor</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Count"or</hw> <tt>(kount"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Count</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> (in sense 4).]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burrill.</i>