So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest.
Spenser.
Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`), n. [OE. countrepese, OF. contrepois, F. contrepods. See Counter, adv., and Poise, n.] 1. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
Fastening that to our exact balance, we put a metalline counterpoise into the opposite scale.
Boyle.
2. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
The second nobles are a counterpoise to the higher nobility, that they grow not too potent.
Bacon.
3. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
The pendulous round eart, with balanced air,
In counterpoise.
Milton.
Coun"ter*pole` (-p?l`), n. The exact opposite.
The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style.
De Quincey.
Coun`ter*pon"der*ate (-p?n"d?r-?t), v. t. To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
Coun`ter*prove" (koun`t?r-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterproved (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterproving.] To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.
counterrevolutionary counter-revolutionary adj. marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; as, ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies. Opposite of revolutionary.
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Coun"ter-roll` (-r?l`), n. [Cf. Control.] (O. Eng. Law) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. Burrill.
&fist; As a verb this word is contracted into control. See Control.
Coun`ter*rol"ment (koun`t?r-r?l"ment), n. A counter account. See Control. [Obs.] Bacon.
Coun`ter-sa"li*ent (-s?"l?-e]/>nt or - s?l"yent; 106), a. (Her.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coat of arms.
Coun"ter*scale` (koun"t?r-sk?l`), n. Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another. [Obs.] Howell.
Coun"ter*scarf` (-sk?rf`), n. [Counter- + scarp: cf. F. contrescarpe.] (Fort.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
Coun`ter*seal" (koun`t?r-s?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countersealed (-s?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Countersealing.] To seal or ratify with another or others. Shak.
Coun`ter*se*cure" (-s?-k?r"), v. t. To give additional security to or for. Burke.
Coun"ter*shaft` (koun"t?r-sh?ft`), n. (Mach.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
Coun`ter*sign" (-s?n`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countersigned (-s?nd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Countersigning.] [Counter- + sign: cf. F. contresigner.] To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.
Coun"ter*sign`, a. 1. The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.
2. (Mil.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.
Coun"ter*sink` (koun"t&etilde;r*s&ibreve;&nsm;k`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countersunk (-sŭ&nsm;k`); p. pr. & vb. n. Countersinking.] 1. To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
2. To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
Coun"ter*sink`, n. 1. An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.
&fist; In the United States a flaring cavity formed by chamfering the edges of a round hole is called a countersink, while a cylindrical flat-bottomed enlargement of the mouth of the hole is usually called a conterbore.