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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.

erlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.

Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. Sir M. Hale.

Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.

To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.

strate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. De Quinsey.