·adv At or against the front or face.
II. Counter ·vt Money; coin;
— used in contempt.
III. Counter ·noun An Encounter.
IV. Counter ·adv The back leather or heel part of a boot.
V. Counter ·vt A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
VI. Counter ·vi To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
VII. Counter ·vt One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
VIII. Counter ·adv The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
IX. Counter ·adv In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
X. Counter ·vt A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, ·etc.
XI. Counter ·adv Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise;
— used chiefly with run or go.
XII. Counter ·adv The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, — below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
XIII. Counter ·adv A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. ·see Counter, ·adv & a.
XIV. Counter ·vt A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
XV. Counter ·adj Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
XVI. Counter ·adv ·same·as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
XVII. Counter ·vt A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.