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(1):

(v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

(2):

(v. t.) Money; coin; - used in contempt.

(3):

(v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

(4):

(v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

(5):

(adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

(6):

(v. t.) 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.

(7):

(v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

(8):

(adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

(9):

(adv.) At or against the front or face.

(10):

(a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.

(11):

(adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, - below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

(12):

(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.

(13):

(adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

(14):

(adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.

(15):

(n.) An encounter.

(16):

(v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

(17):

(adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; - used chiefly with run or go.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Counter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/counter.html. 1828.
 
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