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Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous. Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton.

Conterminous.

Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous. Lamb.

Having the same bounds; conterminous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.

An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. [Written also costardmonger.]

Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.

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

nd); 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.

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.

A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.

The act of deterring; also, that which deters. Boyle.

The quality of being determinable; determinableness. Coleridge.

Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.