3. Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.
Coun"ter*sway` (-swā`), n. A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. [Obs.]
A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance.
Milton.
Coun"ter ten`or (t?n`?r). [OF. contreteneur. Cf. Contratenor, and see Tenor a part in music.] (Mus.) One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef.
Coun"ter*term` (-t?rm`), n. A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.
Coun"ter*time` (-t?m`), n. 1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.