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counter-balance weight
in the marine engine. (See lever.) Also in many marine barometers, where it slides and is fixed by a...
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Weight
·vt Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
II. Weight ·vt A ponderous mass; s...
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Counter
·adv At or against the front or face.
II. Counter ·vt Money; coin;
— used in contempt.
III. Count...
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counter
A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies oppo...
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jack weight
A fat man.
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make weight
A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man.
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make-weight
a small candle, thrown in to complete the pound. N.
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dead weight
A vessel's lading when it consists of heavy goods, but particularly such as pay freight according to...
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weight-nails
Somewhat similar to deck-nails, but not so fine, and with square heads; for fastening cleats and the...
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Counter brace
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
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Counter tenor
·- One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
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Counter-compony
·adj ·see <<Compony>>.
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Counter-couchant
·adj Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions;
— said of animals borne in a coat of arms...
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Counter-courant
·adj Running in opposite directions;
— said of animals borne in a coast of arms.
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Counter-paly
·adj Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors...
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Counter-roll
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...
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Counter-salient
·adj Leaping from each other;
— said of two figures on a coast of arms.
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Hunt-counter
·noun A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.
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Speed counter
·add. ·- A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other mac...
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Counter Alley
See Compter Alley, Compter Court.
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counter-approaches
Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise ...
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counter-current
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
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counter-line
A word often used for contravallation.
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counter-mould
The converse of mould (which see).
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counter-rails
The balustrade work, or ornamental moulding across a square stern, where the counter terminates.
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counter-sea
The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in it...
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counter-sunk
Those holes which are made for the heads of bolts or nails to be sunk in, so as to be even with the ...
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counter-timbers
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern.
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counter-trenches
See counter-approaches.
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lower counter
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights.
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second-counter
See counter.
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upper counter
The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See counter.)
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weight of metal
The weight of iron which the whole of the guns are capable of projecting at one round from both side...
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counter-brace, to
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...
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side counter-timber
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
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broadside weight of metal
The weight of iron which the guns of a ship can project, when single-shotted, from one side. (See we...
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