Coun"ter*gage` (-gāj`), n. (Carp.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. Knight.
Coun"ter*guard` (koun"t&etilde;r*gńrd`), n. (Fort.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
Coun"ter*ir`ri*tant (-?r"r?-tant), n., Coun"ter*ir`ri*ta"tion, n. See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.
Coun"ter*ir"ri*tate (koun"t&etilde;r-?r"r?-t?t), v. t. (Med.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Coun"ter*jump`er (koun"t&etilde;r-j?mp`?r), n. A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously. [Slang]
Coun"ter*man (koun"t&etilde;r*man), n.; pl. Countermen (- men). A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [Eng.]
Coun`ter*mand" (koun`t&etilde;r*m&adot;nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.] 1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.