counter-clockwise 
counter-clockwise (koun' tor-klok-wiz), . 
Contrary to tin- direct ion of rotation of tin' Imiuts 
of a clock: frequently used in physics to define 
the direction of rotation : as, the amperian cur- 
rents about the nortli pole of a magnet are < 
li -r-i'ltirkirim; 
counter-clpckwise (koun ' ter- klok - wiz), adi. 
In a direction contrary to that of the movement 
of tliu hands of a clock. 
counter-colored (koun-ter-kurgrd), a. In her., 
same us I'liuntt-rchanged, 2. 
counter-coinpone, . In her., same as counter- 
OOflspOMf, 
COUnter-Compony (koun'ter-kom-po'ni),*!. [< 
F. contre-comiione : see counter- 
and com/tone.] In Aer., com- 
posed of small squares in two 
rows and of two tinctures alter- 
nating. See compone. Also 
couHter-i'iniiiioHi!, counter-cam j>. 
counter-couchant (koun - ter - 
kou'chant), a. In her., haying Or> 
the heads in contrary direc- 
tions : applied to animals borne couchant. 
COUnter-COUrant (koun -ter-ko" rant), a. In 
her., running iu contrary directions: applied 
to animals. 
counter-current ( koun ' ter -kur-ent), n. [< 
counter- + current^; = F. eontre-courant. Ct. 
counter-courant.] A. current in an opposite di- 
rection. 
counter-deed (koun'ter-ded), . A secret writ- 
ing, either before a notary or under a private 
seal, which destroys, invalidates, or alters a 
public deed; a defeasance. 
counter-distinction (koun'ter-dis-tingk'shon), 
n. Contradistinction. 
counter-drain (koun' ter -dran), n. A drain 
run alongside of a canal or embanked water- 
way, to intercept and convey to a culvert or 
receptacle the water which may soak through. 
counterdraw (kouu-ter-dra'), v. t.; pret. ooun- 
terdrew, pp. countvrdrawn, ppr. counterdrawing. 
In /laintituj, to trace, as a design or painting, 
on tine linen cloth, oiled paper, or other trans- 
parent material. 
counter-earth (kouu'ter-erth), n. In the Pyth- 
agorean /iliilo.-i., a planet in some sense opposite 
to the earth, required to make up the sacred 
number of ten planets. Some commentators sup- 
pose the counter-earth to be on the opposite side of the 
rent nil tire ; others that it is on the same side, hut facing 
toward ttie central tire instead of away from It. 
counter-embattled (koun*ter-em-bat'ld), a. In 
her., embattled on the opposite 
side also; embattled on both 
sides. Also counter-battled and 
battled counter. 
counter-embowed (koun * t6r - 
em-bod'), a. In her., embowed in 
opposite directions. 
counter-enamel (koun't6r-e- 
nain'el), H. The enamel applied B 
to the back or reverse side of an enameled plate 
of metal. Tim-. In a platjue of Limoges enamel the 
hack is generally covered with a thin coat of enamel of 
uniform color. Also called by the French term contre- 
AM& 
counter-ermine (koun'ter-er-min), n. In her.. 
same as I'niiiiir.i, 
counter-escalloped (koun'ter-es-kol'opt), a. 
In her. , same as i'scatlo)>ed. 
counter-evidence (koun'ter-ev-i-dens), n. Con- 
trary or rebutting evidence ; evidence or testi- 
mony which opposes other evidence. 
counter-extension (koun'ter-eks-teu'shon), . 
[= F. contre-vxtension.'] In sur;/., the force ap- 
plied to the part of a limb above a fracture or 
luxation as a counterpoise to the act of exten- 
sion. See rj-ti n.-'inn. 
counterfaced (koun-ter-fasf), a. In her., di- 
vided barwise into several pieces, and again 
divided palewise, the half bars or half bar- 
rulets having their tinctures alternately: said 
of the field. Same as harry per pale counter- 
<'li<iii</l. Also 1'oiintcr-fesny, contrefact. 
counterfaisancet, . See MtMtM^woM*. 
counter-faller (koun'ter-fa-ler), n. In a spin- 
ning-machine, a wire supported by counter- 
weighted arms, which passes beneath the yarns 
and serves to keep an even tension upon them 
when depressed by the faller-wire during the 
distributing of the yarn upon the cop. 
counterfeit (koun'ter-fit), a. and n. [< ME. 
"count n fit, ftiiitirfrt. a., eouiitnj'i'te, 11., < OF. 
foiitrifuit, mild. F. foiitrcfait (= Sp. ointrii- 
liii'lm = PR. riiiitrii/rito = It. I'niitrafatto), < ML. 
coitfrafactux, counterfeit, pp. of contrafacere, > 
1303 
counterfort 
Ardent, a fesse 
counter- embattled 
OF. coiitrt'faire, HUM!. F. cimtrifaire = Pr. nintra- 
fur = OSp. riiiitrafan-r. Sp. mntnihni'i-r = Pg. 
contrafazer = It. contraffare, imitate, counter- 
feit, < L. contra, against, + facere (> F. fain; 
etc.), make: ttBeounter-,<'<itru-, and fact, feat. 
The same radical element -frit occurs also in to counterfeit piety. 
xiirfrit, benefit. Ct. counterfeit, r.] I. a. 1. Made 
in semblance or imitation of an original ; imi- 
tated; copied; factitious. 
nine; forge: aa, to eounlnfi-il coin, hunk-notes, 
a seal, a bond, a deed or olln-r instrument in 
writing, the hand riling or signature of an- 
other, etc. 3. To feign ; make a pretense of ; 
simulate; pretend; put on a wuiblauce of: M, 
>; p 
' i'/' ' 
Look here, upon thin picture, and on this ; 
Uerfeit i 
I lie ,-wmli'. 
it presentment of two brothers. 
.s/wi., Hamlet, 111. 4. 
2. Specifically, made in imitation of an origi- 
nal, with a view to defraud by passing the false 
copy as genuine or original ; forged; spurious: 
as, counterfeit coin ; a counterfeit bond or deed; 
a counterfeit bill of exchange. 
The lewes, seeking to tie reuenged of this counterfeit 
Moses, could no where flnde him. 
furchajt, Pilgrimage, p. 151). 
3. Feigned; simulated; false; hypocritical: as, 
a counterfeit friend. 
Yet can I weep most seriously at a play, and receive 
with a true passion the counterfeit griefs of those known 
and professed impostures. 
Sir '/'. Brotrne, Kellgio Medici, ii. 6. 
If. Counterfeiting; dissembling; cheating. 
Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rascal ; . . . a bawd, 
a cutpurse. Shalt., Hen. V., iii. 6. 
5f. Deformed; unnatural. 
And [she] hadde brought be.fore hir on hir sadell a 
dwerf, the moste contirfet and foulest that eny hadde win. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), 111. 035. 
Counterfeit Medals Act, an English statute of 1883 (40 
and 47 Viet., c. 45)which prohibits the manufacture, pos- 
session, and sale of medals resembling coins. = 8yn. 1-3. 
Suppoxititioitg, etc. (see trpuritmt), forged, feigned, sim- 
ulated, fictitious, sham, mock. 
EC. a. 1. An imitation; a copy; something 
made in imitation of or strongly resembling 
another; rarely, a likeness; a portrait; an 
image. 
Alle tho that ben maryed han a Countrefete, made lyche 
a mantles foot, upon here Hedes. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 218. 
What nnd I here? 
Fair Portia's counterfeit / 
Shot., M. of V., ill. 2. 
They haue no Beards but counterfeit*, as they did thinke 
ours also was. 
Quoted In Capt. John Smith'* True Travels, I. 107. 
2. Specifically, an imitation or copy designed 
to pass as an original. In lam: (a) A spurious Imi- 
tation of a thing which has legal value, and fashioned or 
Intended to be used in deceit by passing It as genuine, as 
a coin made of base metal in the likeness of a gold coin. 
(b) Less strictly, any imitation of such a thing and for such 
a purpose, as a genuine farthing gilded to pass for a sov- 
ereign, or a coin clipped at the edges and then milled, to 
give it the appearance of a fresh coin, or a fraudulent Imi- 
tation of a bank-note. It has been held that a bank-note 
printed from a genuine plate, but having false signatures 
affixed In imitation of genuine ones, is more appropriately 
called Aforffery ; that such a note having fictitious or im- 
aginary names affixed is more appropriately called wri- 
"f/x .- and that only a note printed from a false plate is ap- 
propriately called a counterfeit note. But according to 
the strictest usage, it would be proper to say, in these sev- 
eral cases, respectively, that the milling was counUTfeit, 
that the false signatures were counterfeit, and that naming 
the bank falsely with imaginary officers was a counterfeit- 
ing ; and the better opinion is that a statute prohibiting 
counterfeiting may be deemed violated if any of the fea- 
tures of the genuine thing is counterfeited so as to serve 
the false purpose. 
I am no counterfeit : to die Is to be a counterfeit ; for 
he is hut the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of 
a man. Shot., 1 Hen. IV., r. 4. 
There would be no counterfeit* but for the sake of some- 
thing real. Tiilotton. 
3f. One who feigns or simulates; a counter- 
feiter; an impostor. 
Now when these counterfeit* were thus uncased, 
Out of the fore-side of their forgerie. 
And in the sight of all men cleane .list-raced. 
Spenter, F. <J., V. iiL 39. 
They [scorners] evidently saw that some who set up for 
greater purity, and a demurer shew and face of religion 
th:ui tlifir neighbours, were really counterfeit*, and meant 
nothing, at the bottom, but their own interest. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. v. 
counterfeit (koun'ter-fit), r. [< ME. counter- 
feten, contrefeten ; from the adj. and noun, after 
OF. contrefaire, pp. contrefait: see counterfeit, 
a. and n.] I. trans. 1. To make a semblance 
of ; make or be a copy of ; copy ; imitate ; re- 
semble ; be like. 
Of alle maner craftus I con counterfeten heor tooles, 
Of carpunters and keruers. l*ier Plowman (AX xi. 133. 
Glowing eml>ers through the room 
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. 
Milton, II Penseroso, 1. 80. 
2. Specifically, to make a copy of without au- 
thority or right, and with a view to deceive or 
defraud by passing the copy as original or gen- 
Full well they laughed, with < -Ice, 
At all his jokes, for many u joke had he. 
Uotdimith, Dec. VIL, L 201. 
4f. To make iu imitation, or as a counterpart 
of something else. 
And coiintrefetrd was fill sill-till) 
Another lettre. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 048. 
5f. To feign or pretend to be (what one is not). 
The deepest policy of a Tyrant hath bin ever to nmnter- 
fet Religious. Milton, Eikonoklastes, L 
= Sjm, Mimic, Aft, etc. (see imitate), forge, simulate, 
sham, feign. 
II. intrant. To feign; dissemble; carry on 
a fiction or deception. 
How ill agrees It with your gravity, 
To counterfeit thus grossly with your slave. 
Shalt., C. of E., II. 
He who counttrfeiteth, acts a part. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ Mor., IlL 20. 
counterfeiter (konn'ter-fit-cr), n. 1. One who 
counterfeits; one who copies or imitates ; spe- 
cifically, one who illegally makes copies of cur- 
rent bank-notes or coin. 2. One wno assumes 
a false appearance, or who makes false pre- 
tenses: as, " counterfeiters 4ff devotion," filter- 
wood. 
counterfeiting (koun'ter-fit-ing), n. [Verbal 
n. of counterfeit, r.] In /ir, the crime of mak- 
ing or uttering false or fictitious coins or paper 
money. 
counterfeitly (koim'tcr-fit-li), atlr. By for- 
gery ; falsely ; fictitiously ; spuriously. 
counterfeitness (koun'ter-ht-nes), n. The 
quality of being counterfeit ; spuriousnese. 
counterfeituret, " [ME. contrefaiture : see 
contrcfete, E. counterfeit, and -ure.~\ Counter- 
feiting; hypocrisy. 
Al his cotitrefaiiure is colour of sinne and host. 
Political Soiu/s (ed. Wright), p. :nii. 
counterfesancet, counterfaisancet (koun'ter- 
fe-zans, -fa-zans), . 1. The act of forging; 
forgery. 2. A counterfeiting ; dissimulation; 
artifice. 
For he in connterfesaunfe- did excell, 
And all the wyles of wemens wits knew passing well. 
Speiwer, F. Q., III. viii. 8. 
The outward expression and c<mntrtfni*an<-e of all these 
Is the form of godliness. 
Bp. Hall, Sermons, The Hypocrite. 
counter-fessy (koun-ter-fes'i), a. Same as coun- 
terfaced. 
counter-fissure (koun't^r-fish-ur), n. In sura., 
a fracture of the skull situated opposite to the 
point struck. 
counter-fleure, . In her., same as counter- 
flora. 
COUnter-flory (koun-ter-fld'ri), a. [< counter- + 
flory, Tf.jteure, pp., < fleur, flower.] In her., 
charged with flowers, such as 
fleurs-de-lis, which are divided 
and separated by the whole 
width of the bearing so charged. 
Thus, in the illustration the 
tressure is counter-flory, having 
half of each fleur-de-lis within 
and half without. 
counter-flowered (koun -ter - 
flou'erd), a. In 
counter-flory. 
counterfoil (koun'ter-foil), n. [< counter- + 
foil 1 .'] 1. That part of a tally formerly struck 
in the English 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. Also 
called couiiterstock. 2. A part of a document, 
such as a bank-check or draft, which is retained 
by the person givingthe document, and on which 
is written a memorandum of the main partic- 
ulars contained in the principal document; a 
stub. 
counterfort (koun'ter-fort), n. [< counter- + 
fort; after F. contre-fort.'] 1. In arch. : (a) A 
portion projecting from the face of a wall ; a 
buttress. 
There is a saving of masonry (though iu general but a 
small one) by the use of counterfort*. lianlrine. 
(b) In medirnil milit. arch., a redoubt or an in- 
trenchment thrown up by the besiegers of a 
place as a defense against sorties or attempts 
A double trcsMjre 
flory and counter. 
her., same as T- 
