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An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter.

• Countermarching
  of Countermarch
• COUNTERSALIENT
  Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
• 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.
• Clothespin
  A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
• 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.
• Machiner
  One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
• Counter-couchant
  Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.
• Numbering
  of Number
• 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.
• Wheel-shaped
  Shaped like a wheel.
• Countermarch
  To march back, or to march in reversed order.
• COUNTERTENOR
  One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef.
• 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.
• Clothespress
  A receptacle for clothes.
• Counterwheel
  To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.

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