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secrets intrusted in consulting ; scheme, pur-pose, design; those that plead a cause, thecounsellors.
The difference of Council and Counsel is, incursory speaking, almost 'indistinguishable.
To COUNSEL, koun'sel, v.a. 99.To give ad-vice or counsel to any person; to advise anything. ,, „ ,
COUN SELL ABLE,koun'sil-iUbl, o.W illing
to receive and follow advice.
COUNSELLOR, koun'sel-lur, 5 . One thatgives advice; confidant, bosom friend; onewhose province is to deliberate and adviseupon public affairs» one that is consulted i» acase of law. ,, , , 0
COUNSELLORSHIP, koun'sel-lur-shlp, a.
The office or post of privy counsellor.
To COUNT, kount, v. a. To number, to tell;to reckon, tu account, to consider as having acertain character; to impute to, to charge to.To COUNT,kount, v.n. 313.To lay a scheme;to depend on.
COUNT, kount, *. Number; reckoning.COUNT, kount, s. A title of foreign nobility,an earl.
COUNTABLE, koun'tA-bl, a. That which
may be numbered.
COUNTENANCE, koun'te-nanse, s. Theform of the face, the system of the features,air, look ; confidence of mien, aspect of assur-ance ; affectation or ill-will, as it appears uponthe face; patronage, support.
To COUNTENANCE, koun'te-n&nse, v. a.
To support, to patronise, to make a show of;to encourage.
COUNTENANCED koun'te-nan-sur, *.
One that countenances or supports another.COUNTER, kou'ntur, 98. A false piece ofmoney used as a means of reckoning; the formon which goods are viewed and money told ina shop.
COUNTER, koun'tur, ad. Contrary to, inopposition to ; the wrong way; contrary ways.To COUNTERACT, koim-tur4kt', a. Tohinder any thing from its effect by contraryagency.
To COUNTERBALANCE, koun-tfir-bill'-linse, v. a. To act against with an oppo-site weight.
rr We may observe, in words compounded of
counter, an evident tendency to that distinction thatobtains between the noun and the verb in dissyllables.Thus the verbTo counterbalance has the accent on thethird syllable, and the noun of the same form on thefirst, and so of the rest. 492 .
COUNTERB A LANCE, kuun'tur-hal-lanae,1 . Opposite weight.
To COUNTERBUFF, Uin-tfir-buf', v. a.
To impel; to strike hack.COUNTERBUFF, kouu'tur-hilf', s.A strokethat produces a recoil.
COUNTERCASTER, koun'tur-kls-tfir, s. Abook-keeper, a caster of accounts, a reckoner,Not used. , .
COUNTERCHANGE, koun'tur-tshiuje, s.
Exchange, reciprocation. , 2 .
ToCOUNTERCHANOE,koun-tur-tshunjo',v. a. To give and receive.COUNTERCHARM, koun'tur-tsharm, sThat by which a charm is dissolved.
To COUNTERCHARM, koun-tur-tshuiW,v, a. To destroy the effect of an enchantmentlit
To COUNTERCHECK,koun-tur-tshek><*.To oppose.
COUNTERCHECK, kouiTtur-tshik,j,Stop,rebuke.
To COUNTERDRAW, koun-tur-draw %v.a.To copy a design by means of anoiiedpaper,whereon the strokes appearing through aretraced with a pencil.
COUNTEREVIDENCE, kdun-tur-ev'e-deuse, s. Testimony by which the deposi-tion of some former witness is opposed.
To COUNTERFEIT, koutFtur-flt, v. a. Tocopy with an intent to pass the copy for auoriginal; to imitate, to resemble.COUNTERFEIT, koiiu'tur-t lt, a. Forged,fictitious; deceitful, hypocritical.COUNTERFEIT, koun'tflr-flt, s. One whopersonates another, an impostor; somethingmade in imitation of another ; a forgery.
COUNTERFEITER , kuun'tur-flt-ur, s. Aforger. _ - . _ .
COUNTERFEITLY, koun'tur-flt-le, ad.Falsely, with forgery.
COUNTERFERMENT, koun-tur-fer'ment,s. Ferment opposed to ferment.COUNTERFORT, koun'tur-fort, s.Counter-forts are pillars serving to support walls sub-ject to bulge.
COUNTERGAGE, koun'tur-gkje, s. A me-thod used to measure the joints by transfer-ring the breadth of a mortice to the place wherethe tenon is to be.
COUNTERGUARD, koun'tur-gjrd, s. 92. Asmall rampart with parapet and ditch.
To COUNTERMAND, koun-tur-m&nd',t\a.79. To order the contrary to what was orderedbefore; to contradict the orders of another.
COUNTERMAND, koun'tur-mdnd, s. Re-peal of a former order.
To COUNTERMARCH, koun-tur-mSrtsh',
v.n.SneCounter balance. To march backwards.
COUNTERMARCH, koun'tur-mirtsh, *•
Retrocession, march backward; a change ofmeasures ; alteration of conduct.COUNTERMARK , koun'tSr-murk, s. A se-cond or third mark put on a hale of goods.-"The mark of the Goldsmiths’ Company.COUNTERMINE, koun'tur-mine, s. A wellot hole sunk into the ground, from which a gal-lery or branch runs out under ground, to seekout the enemy’s mine ; means of opposition >a stratagem by which any contrivance is de-feated.
To COUNTERMINE, koun-tur-mW, r. *■To delve a passage into an enemy’s mine ; Wcounterwork, to defeat by secret measures.
COUNTERMOTION, koun-tur-m6'shun> *•Contrary motion. . .
COUNTERMURE, koim'tur-mure, s . A \va"built up behind another wall.COUNTERNATURAL, koun-tur-natsh' 11 -rill, a. Contrary to nature. .
COUNTERNOISE, konn'tur-notze, s. A
sound bywhicli any other noise isoverpowered*
COUNTEROPENING,koun-tur-o'pn-fo)?^'An aperture on the contrary side.
COUNTERpAcE, koun'tur-pase, s.
trary measure.COUNTKRPANE,koun'tiir-p&ne,s.A covet'let fora hed.or any thing else woven in s<p iare “'COUNTERPART, koun'tur-pkrt, s. Th*correspondent part.
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