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A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

• Counterfoil
  That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock.
• COUNTERMOVECOUNTERMOVEMENT
  A movement in opposition to another.
• Countermarching
  of Countermarch
• COUNTWHEEL
  The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
• Counterplead
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• Counterscale
  Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.
• Counterstroke
  A stroke or blow in return.
• Countenanced
  of Countenance
• Counter weight
  A counterpoise.
• Counterbrace
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• Countries
  of Country
• Counter-couchant
  Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.
• Counterforce
  An opposing force.
• COUNTERPALY
  Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.
• Countermarch
  To march back, or to march in reversed order.
• Counterplotted
  of Counterplot
• Counterscarf
  The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
• Countersway
  A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
• Countenancing
  of Countenance

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