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her, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; - - called also counterstock. [Eng.]

An opposing force.

A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. Knight.

An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein.

A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.

To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.

A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. [Slang]

A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise.

A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [Eng.]

ommand); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon.

To march back, or to march in reversed order. The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.

To apply a countenmark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.

by which another sratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.

To move in a contrary direction to.

A movement in opposition to another.

A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure. Knolles.

Contrary to nature. [R.] Harvey.