count 
in tin' eldest son uf 111.- nn.MHivli i if in llf ni"iiat h him- 
self when there is MCI I'riucc of Wales, llurhum liecame 
a palatinate in the tun. of William the- Conqueror, and 
the ilixnitv c-ontimic'il in ri'iini -i tit. n unit the Bishopric 
till ls:;ci, when it was vrste'l in the- ero\vu. Sec iitnHn,-, 
and rininft/ litlliltuf, miller fi'llnl;/. 
countable 1 (koun'ta-lil), . [< counti, v., + 
-uli/r. } Capiililc cit' being counted, numbered, or 
reckoned. 
Tin' evills wliich ynH desire to Iw recmmttil arc very 
ninny, ami alimost i-nimlultl<' with those that were hidden 
in the liaskctt <if 1'andora. X/ n*<-t-. state of Ireland. 
The\ .11.' i-,,ii, t ititil,' n\ the thousand and tlte million, 
who have suffered cruel wron'/. 
Carlyle, French Rev., II. Ix. 1. 
COUntable-t (koun'ta-bl), a. [By apheresis 
from in-<-i>ii>itillili; ] ACM ifalili'. 
surli a religious judge us In lie to whom I am countable. 
II if mil, Worlu, II. 187. 
couutantt (koun'tant), a. [< OP. content, later 
co m p tn it I, ppr. of confer, compti-r, count. Cf. ac- 
i-'iniitiint.] Accountable. 
For he HUM' my state, and first deponed 
.My father in my swathed Infancy, 
For which he shall he cimntaat, 
ll.innmi. Works (ed. 1874), V. 167. 
count-bookt (kount'buk), n. An account-book. 
<o't thee a cap, a count-book, pen and ink, 
Papers afore tlicc. B. joniiun, Volpoue, V. 1. 
countenance (kouu'te-nans), . [< ME. coun- 
tt'iiiiuncc, ctmtcnaitec, cuutennnce, -aunce, < OF. 
cunti'iiinii-i. ciiiitiiitntcc, F. contenance, < ML. 
contineittia, countenance, demeanor, gesture, 
L. moderation, continence : see continence.'} 1. 
The face ; the whole form of the face ; the fea- 
tures, considered as a whole; the visage. 
He is my father, sir ; and, sooth to say, 
In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. 
Sltalc.,'1'. of the S., IT. i 
Then her cmmtenance all over 
Pale again as death did prove. 
Tennumn, Lord of Burleigh. 
And peace, like autumn's moonlight, clothed 
His tranquil countenance. 
n'hittur, The Exiles. 
2. The characteristic appearance or expression 
of the face ; look ; aspect ; facial appearance. 
For a mans fountenannce ofte tymes discloseth still his 
thought. Babeet Boole (E. E. T. 8.), p. 70. 
Be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. 
Mat. vi. 16. 
Whatsoever good or had accident or fortune hefel him, 
going in or coming out, Socrates still kept the same coun- 
tenance. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 382. 
3. Aspect or appearance conferred; seeming 
imparted to anything, as by words or conduct 
in regard to it: as. to put a good or a bad coun- 
tenance upon anything. 
I shewed no sign of it [anxiety] to discourage my Con- 
sorts, hut made a Vertue of Necessity, and put a good 
Countenance on the Matter. Dampier, Voyages, I. 495. 
4. Appearance of favor or good will ; support 
afforded by friendly action ; encouragement ; 
patronage. 
Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy cownte- 
iMHf: . 1*>. XXl. 6. 
That which would appear otfence in us, 
His countenance, like richest alchj my, 
Will change to virtue. " lUk, J. C., i. 3. 
None got his ctnintenanfe, 
But those whom actual merit did advance. 
Webtter, Monumental Column. 
I say that this 
Else I withdraw favour and countenance 
From you and youra forever shall you do. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
5f. Assumed appearance ; seeming; show; pre- 
tense. 
Frende of effect and freude of countenance. 
Chaucer, Fortune, 1. 34. 
The election heing done, he made countenance of great 
discontent thereat. .1 -.7,.;,,,. The Scholeinaster. 
I made a coualfnanre as if I would eat him alive. 
Ste\ft, Gulliver's Travels, I. 2. 
6. Iii old Inir. credit or estimation by reason of 
one's estate, and with reference to his condi- 
tion in life. 
Thother parte, beinge men of good welthe and emote- 
(MMcv. l-:n : ,/ish Gildg (E. E. T. 8.), p. 304. 
The finnitfintncf of a rich and the meanness of a poor 
estate doth make no odds In-tween bishops. 
Quoted in llooker'i Eccles. Polity, vii. :>. 
Hence 7t. Favor resulting from estimation 
or repute; trust; confidence. 
I Kave y.m ,-"i/nt> '/i'i//'V. credit for your coals, 
Your stills, your glasses, jour materials. 
II. Junimn, Alchemist, i. 1. 
Courtiers ttiut live UIHMI fnnt,-nnnrf must sell their 
tongue^ Xhirlfii. liinl in a Cage, v. 1. 
8f. Good appearance ; preseutableuess. 
1301 
I'oiiehing the ship that must go, she molt ohierre thin 
order. She must lie a ship of mmi'Miner. 
i"n;on(Arbers Kng. Garner, I. 56). 
Copy of one's countenance*. See COM/. In counte- 
nance. ('D In - I face : in a composed aspect; in a state 
free from >hamc or contusion. 
It puts the learned in rnuntrnmu-f, and gives them a 
place among the fashionable part of mankind. 
.('/'/I...H. Freehold. 1 
(6) In favor; in estimation. 
If the profession of religion were m countenance amonu 
mi n of distinction, it would have a happy effect on soei* 
ety. -V. Wrlater, Diet. (ed. 1S48). 
Out of countenance, with the countenance confused or 
cast down ; disconcerted ; abashed ; not bold or assured : 
used with put. 
You hve put me out of countenance. 
Shot., L. L. I.., v. 2. 
Thou ought'st to lie most asham'd thy self, when thou 
hast y"/ another out of Countenance. 
Conyreoe, Way of the World, I. 9. 
To keep one's countenance, to preserve a calm, com- 
posed, or natural look ; refrain from expressing sorrow, 
anger, joy, amusement, or other emotion, by changes of 
countenance. 
F.v'n kept her count'nance, when the lid removed 
Disclosed the heart unfortunately loved. 
llril./'ii. Slg. and Guis., I. 029. 
= Syn. See face, n. 
countenance (koun'te-nans), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. countenanced, ppr. 'countenancing. [< coun- 
tenance, .] 1. To appear friendly or favora- 
ble to; favor; encourage; aid; support; abet. 
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 
Ex. xxlii. 3. 
Various passages in ft [his correspondence) countenance 
the supposition that his tour was partly undertaken for 
political purposes. Durham, Ingoldshy Legends, II. 60. 
God forbid I should countenance such Injustice. 
Preieott, Ferd. and I -a. t. 3. 
2f. To make a show of; pretend. 
They were two knights of perelesse puissaunce, . . . 
Which to these Ladies love did eoHnfenrtunce. 
Spenser, V. Q., II. II. 16. 
3t. To give effect to; act suitably to; be in 
keeping with. 
Malcolm ! Banqllo ! 
As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites, 
To countenance this horror ! Shot., Macbeth, ii. 3. 
countenance! (koun'te-nan-ser), n. One who 
countenances, favors, or encourages. 
Are you her Grace's counfenancer, lady? 
Beau, and fl., Honest Mali's Fortune, tv. 1. 
Those ingenuous and friendly men who were ever the 
countenance!-* of vertuous and hopeful! wits. 
MUton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
counter 1 (koun'ter), n. [< ME. countere, coicn- 
tere, countour, a counter, treasurer, also a coin, 
< OF. conteor, conteur, countour, a counter, com- 
puter, also an advocate, later spelled compteur, 
mod. F. compteur, meter, indicator (cf. F. com- 
putateur, computer), = 8p. Pg. contador = It. 
contatore, < L. computator, one who computes, 
< computare, pp. computatus, compute, count: 
see count 1 , t:, and cf. computator. Counter is 
now regarded as count 1 + -pr 1 .] 1. One who 
counts or reckons ; a computer ; an auditor. 
Adam of Ardeme was its chef countour. 
.Robert of Gloucester, p. 538. 
2. An apparatus for keeping count of revolu- 
tions or other movements. 
A. . . clock-work mechanism, called a counter, haslieen 
for a great many years employed in the cotton-factories, 
and in the pumping-engines of the Cornish and other 
mines, to indicate the number of revolutions of the main 
shaft of the mill, or of the strokes of the piston. 
Ure, Diet., III. 459. 
3. A thing used in counting; that which indi- 
cates a number; that which is used to keep an 
account or reckoning, as in games ; specifically, 
a piece of metal, ivory, wood, or other material, 
or a spurious or imitation coin, used for this 
purpose. 
What comes the wool to ? ... I cannot do 't without 
counters. Shale., W. T., iv. 2. 
\ Mii>; men like Counter! or Figures In numbering and 
casting accounts. Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 84. 
Words are wise men's counter* they do not reckon by 
them but they are the money of fools. 
Hobbe*, The Leviathan. 
Books are the money of Literature, but only the count- 
er* of Science. Huxley, Universities. 
4f. A piece of money ; a coin ; in plural, money. 
They brake coffers and took tresours, 
flold and silver and rountour*. 
Richard Coer de Lion (Weber, Metr. Rom.), 1. 1939. 
When Marcus Itrutiis grows <i covetous, 
To lock such rascal counter* from his friends, 
Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolt*, 
Dash him to pi. > - Shak., J. C., iv. 3. 
6. In rarly Kng. lair, an attorney or Serjeant at 
law retained to conduct a cause* in court. 
counter 
Counter* are serjcunts skilful In the laws of the i 
who hcnc the- common j.. ..[ilr to ,1, rlalc- ati'l ! tend AC* 
tion> In jn. lament, for tllo.se who Ji:i\.' n.til "t them, for 
their fees. 
H'. 11,1-ilifi, tr. f Home s Mlrrc.lr dc. Justices (17ft*), p. 06. 
counter- (koun'ter), H. [Karly mod. E. also 
rniiiiliiri-, < ME. countour, cmni'tirri-, ( OK. <"- 
/<//;-, lain- <-<ntii>li>ir, the counting-room, -tal.lc-, 
or -bench of a merchant or banker, mod. F. 
<-<t,i,]itoir, a shop-counter, liar, bank, < ML. r<mi- 
pufaf0rium,acouiiting-room or -bench, < L.com- 
ptitare, pp. coni)>utntu#, count, compute : see 
count 1 , compute. Cf. counter 1 .] If. A counting- 
room. 
His liookes and baggea many oon, 
He hath byforn him on bin runnier hord; 
For rlche was his tresor and his h<ird, 
For whkhu ful fast his ei,unti,in dore he schette. 
Cha i/c / , . .-ln]uii.cn Tale, 1. 82. 
2. A table or board on which money is counted ; 
a table in a shop on which goods are laid for 
examination by purchasers. 
The smooth-faced, snub-nosed rogue would leap from his 
counter and till. 7Vnni/*ofi, Maud, I. 13. 
Turning round upon his stool behind the counter, Mr. 
Gill looked out among the Instruments in the window. 
Dtcltens, Dombry and Son (1848), p. 26. 
3. Formerly, in England, a debtors' prison: 
used especially as the name of two prisons for 
debtors in the City of London, anu of one in 
Southwark. 
The captains of this insurrection 
Have tane themselves to armes. and cam hut now 
To both the Counter*, wher they have releast 
sunclne indebted prisoners. 
I'lay of Sir Thomas More (Hurl. Misc.). 
Five jayles or prisons are in Bouthwarke placed, 
The Counter (once SL Margreto church) defaced. 
John ra;//or(1630X 
That word [poet] denoted a creature dreased like a 
scarecrow, familiar with comptcrs and spuiigfug-hciuses, 
and perfectly qualified to decide on the coni|rative mer- 
its of the Common Side in the King's Bench prison and of 
Mount .Scoundrel in the Fleet. 
llacautai/, Boswell's Johnson. 
counter 3 (koun'ter), adi: [Not in ME. except 
as a prefix (see counter-); < F. centre, against, 
< L. coutrtij against: see contra, contra-.'] I. 
Contrary; m opposition; in an opposite direc- 
tion : used chiefly with run or go : as, to run 
counter to the rules of virtue; he went counter 
to his own interest. 
The practice of men holds not an equal pace ; yea, and 
often run* counter to tht-ir theory. 
Sir T. Browne, Rrllgio Medici, i. 55. 
His auger, or rather the duration of it, externally ran 
counter to ail conjecture. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, v. S. 
It is a hard matter, am) is thought a great and noble 
act, for men who live in the public world to do what they 
believe to be their duty to God, in a straight-forward way, 
should the opinion of society alioilt it happen to run 
counter to them. J. U. Seu-man, Parochial Sermons, 1.130. 
2. In the wrong way; contrary to the right 
course; in the reverse direction ; contrariwise. 
Hounds are said to hunt counter when they hunt back- 
ward the way the chase came. 
llnllin-.li. Diet, of Archaic Words. 
3t. Directly in front ; in or at the face. 
They hit one another w ith darts, . . . which they never 
throw counter, but at the back of the ttyer. 
Sanctyt, Travailes. 
To hunt counter. See Aunt. 
counter 3 (koun'ter), a. [< counter-, prefix, or 
coun ter, adv. : being the prefix or adverb used 
separately as an adjective.] Adverse; oppo- 
site ; contrary ; opposing ; antagonistic. 
Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle. 
/*. Taylor. 
We crost 
Between the lakes, and clamber'd half way up 
The counter side. Tennyson, The Golden Year. 
counter 3 * (koun'ter), prep. [ME. counter, < OF. 
eontre, against: see counttr 3 , adv.] Against; 
contrary or antagonistic to. 
There as the lancle is weete in somer season ; 
And other wey to win he is counter reason. 
Palladiut, Husbondric (E. E. T. 8.), p. 10. 
counter 3 (koun'ter), . [< txmnter*, a., and 
counter-, prefix.] 1. That which is counter or 
antagonistic ; an opposite. 
[I] have founded my Round Table in the North, 
And whatsoever bis own knights have sworn 
My knights have sworn the counter to It. 
7Vnnyon, Last Tournament. 
2. In music, any voice-part set in contrast to 
a principal melody or part ; specifically, the 
counter-tenor ; the high tenor or alto. Some- 
times this part is sung an octave higher than 
it is written, thus becoming a high soprano. 
3. That part of a horse's breast which lies 
between the shoulders and under the neck. 
