Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise check the approaches of the besieger.
The trenches, zig-zags, saps, and other works, by which a besieger makes good his way up to a fortif...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adv At or against the front or face. II. Counter ·vt Money; coin; — used in contempt. III. Count...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies oppo...
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ...
·- One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. ...
·noun A <<Counterpoise>>. ...
·adj ·see <<Compony>>. ...
·adj Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coat of arms...
·adj Running in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coast of arms. ...
·adj Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors...
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...
·adj Leaping from each other; — said of two figures on a coast of arms. ...
·noun A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. ...
·add. ·- A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other mac...
See Compter Alley, Compter Court. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
A word often used for contravallation. ...
The converse of mould (which see). ...
The balustrade work, or ornamental moulding across a square stern, where the counter terminates. ...
The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in it...
Those holes which are made for the heads of bolts or nails to be sunk in, so as to be even with the ...
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern. ...
See counter-approaches. ...
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...
See counter. ...
The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See counter.) ...
in the marine engine. (See lever.) Also in many marine barometers, where it slides and is fixed by a...
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...