counterpane 
COUnterpane-t (kotm'U-r-piin), n. [Also ruiin- 
li-rfHiinr, < OK. mnlri'imn (also ciiiitri-i>iutt), a 
plrdtfi' iir pawn, < i-initri; against, + /'. a 
pledge or pawn, nil. the mime as pun, a pane: 
sec /j<iirn ] ami p<tH<:\ On.' part of an nidoii- 
ture; a copy or counterpart of the original of 
an indenture. 
Ajjaine, Art should not, like a eiirtlzan, 
rhanue h:iliitK. dressing graces every day; 
Hut of ht-r t.TTm-i out- stable min,lrfimu> 
Still kucpu, to shun ambiguous allay ; 
Tlml Youth, in ilHtnilioii!. oucc rcrciv'd 
(A in Kiiias' ian. lards), might not be decelv'd. 
/.'"//,,. tirrrillf, Hun.:. II. l.r:umn--. 
Have yon not a anmltrimnr. of your obligation? 
'tin! l.K'I'f, Looking Glass for Lond. and Eng. 
counter-paradox (koun'ter-par-a-doks), n. A 
facetious opinion or puzzling statement con- 
trary to another opinion or statement of the 
satni' kind. 
COUnter-parol (koun't6r-pa-rdl'), . Mtht., a 
word in addition to the password, which is given 
in any time of alarm as a signal. 
counter-parry (koun'ter-par-i), n. In fencing, 
a parry of the kind known as counter. See 
counter^, 6. 
COUnterparry (koun-ter-par'i), v. i. ; pret. and 
pp. counterparricd, ppr. counterparrying. In 
fencing, to parry by means of a counter. 
counterpart (kouu'ter-part), . [= F. contrc- 
pnrti< j = Sp. Pg. contraparte = It. contraparte; 
as counter- + part.'] 1. A correspondent part ; 
a part, that answers to another, as the several 
parts or copies of an indenture correspond- 
ing to the original; a copy; a duplicate. 
2. The complement, as a certificate of hiring 
given by a tenant to his landlord on receiving 
from him a certificate of letting, or a bought 
note given to the seller on receiving the sold 
note. 3. A person or thing exactly resembling 
another or corresponding to another in appear- 
ance, character, position, influence, and the 
like ; a representative ; a match ; a fellow. 
Herodotus is the counterpart of some ideal Pandora, 
by the universality of his accomplishments. 
De Quincey, Herodotus. 
And in ... its recognized and evident universality 
Christ's human nature is without a counterpart. 
Frogresitive Orthoiloxy, p. 20. 
4. One of two parts which fit each other, as a 
cipher and its key, or a seal and its impression ; 
hence, a thing that supplements another thing 
or completes it, or a person having qualities 
wanting in another, and such as compensate for 
the other's deficiencies. 
Oh emmterpart 
Of our soft sex ; well are you made our lords ; 
So bold, so great, so god-like are you formed, 
How can you love so silly things as women 1 Drydrn. 
Opinion is but the cnunterjiart of condition merely 
expresses the degree of civilization to which we have at- 
tained. //. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 196. 
5. In music, the part to be arranged or used in 
connection with another: as, the bass is the 
counterpart to the treble. 
counter-passant (koun-ter-pas'ant), a. [< t . 
con t re-passant ; as counter? + passant.] In her., 
passant in contrary directions : said of beasts 
used as bearings. 
counterpedal (koun'ter-ped-al), a. Opposite 
or correlative to pedal Counterpedal surface, 
in math., the locus of the intersections of the normal to a 
given surface with the planes through a fixed point paral- 
lel to the tangent planes. 
counterpoise!, and v. An obsolete form ol 
counter-pendent (koun-ter-pen'dent), a. In 
her., hanging on each side. See penfont. 
counterpeset, " and . An obsolete form of 
count* rfioise. 
counter-piston (koun'ter-pis-ton), n. A piston 
on which a pressure is applied opposite in di- 
rection to that on a connected main piston, 
counter-plea (koun'ter-ple), n. In few, a rep- 
lication to a plea or request, 
counterplead (koun-ter-pled'), v. t. [ME. coun- 
tn-iili'ili n. OMMtrapMM, < OF. contrrpleder, coun- 
tri'plcder; as counter- + plead.'] To plead the 
contrary of; contradict; deny. 
CountrtpUdc nat conscience ne holy kirke ryghtes. 
rii-rs 1'lumnan (<'), ix. 53. 
Let be thyn arguynge, 
For love ne wol not countrepleted be 
In ryght ne wrong. 
CAaiiw, Good Women, 1. 47. 
counterpledet, counterpletet, r. t. Obsolete 
forms of (xnmtorplead, 
counterplot (koun-ter-plof), . (. : pret. and pp. 
counterplotted, ppr. counterplotting. [< counter- 
+ ;>/<>/-'.] To oppose or frustrate by another 
plot or stratagem. 
L80C 
All plots that Kiny's .-milling ailinl ill Il.T. 
II, ,,,,,;,(.<((( with |ir4ifuunder "kill. 
,/. /,v.i",""..' I'-w li. . i. "-. 
Every wile hail proved alwrtlve, every plot hud l-en 
, vttrftottti. '>' 
counter-plot (koun'ter-plpt), n. A plot or ar- 
tilicc ailvani-1-cl iii opposition to another. 
counterpoint 1 1 (koun'tiT-point), . [Nowcor- 
ruptrd tHmunterptinel, q. v.; MK. fonnturpftt, 
< OF. rHiitri'pninir, <;>,ilri'i>i>iiirl, a (itiilt; cor- 
rupted, in simulation of contrepointcr. work the 
backstitch (< contre + pointe, a bodkin), from 
coutrepointe, coutepoint (F. courte-pointc), < ML. 
culcita puncta, a counterpane, lit. a stitched 
quilt: L. culcitra, ML. culcita (> OP. coutre, 
cotre, cuilte. > E. guilt, q. v.); pnxcto, fern, of 
punctus, pricked, stitched: see .point.] A cov- 
erlet ; a counterpane. 
In Ivory coffers I have tuff'd my crowns ; 
In cypress cheU my arras, counterpoint*, 
Costly apparel. tents, and canopies. 
Mot., T. of the S., II. 1. 
counterpoint 2 (koun'ter-point), . [< F.eowfre- 
point = 8p. contrapttnto = Pg. contraponto = It. 
contrappunto(>D.coHtrapunt;ct.G.contrapunl:t 
= Dan. Sw. kontrapunkt), < ML. *contrapunctum 
(in music, cantus contrapnnctus ; ft. pricksong), 
< L. contra, against, + punctus, pricked, dotted, 
punctum, point: see counter- and point. Infor- 
mer times musical sounds were represented by 
dots or points placed on the lines, and the added 
part or parts were written by placing the proper 
points under or against each other punctum 
contra punctum, point against point.] If. An 
opposite point. 2f. An opposite position or 
standpoint. 
Affecting in themselves and their followers a certain 
aunt-Heal purity, fell suddenly into the very counterpoint of 
Justifying "bestiality. Sir K. Sandyi, State of BoUgfcm. 
3 In music : (a) The art of musical composition 
in general, (ft) The art of polyphonic or con- 
certed composition, in distinction from homo- 
phonic or melodic composition, (c) Specifically, 
the art of adding to a given melody, subject, 
theme, or canto fermo, one or more melodies 
whose relations to the given melody are fixed by 
rules. Strict or plain counterpoint, which began to be 
cultivated In the thirteenth century, and attained great ex- 
tension and perfection In the fifteenth, is usually divided 
into several species : (1) note anainxt note, ill which to each 
note of the cantus is added one note in the accompanying 
part or parts ; (2) (ico agaiwt one, in which to each not* of 
the cantus two notes are added ; (3) four anaiiutone in 
which four notes are added ; (4) tyncopatett, in which to 
each note of the cantus one note is added after a con- 
stant rhythmic Interval ; (5) florid atfffund, in which the 
added part or parts are variously constructed. The me- 
lodic and harmonic intervals permitted in each species are 
minutely fixed by rule. Counterpoint is tiro-part when 
two voices or parts are used three-part when three are 
used etc. It is tingle when the added part uniformly lies 
above or below the 'cantus ; double when the added part 
is so constructed as to be usable both above and below the 
cantus by a uniform transposition of an octave, a tenth, or 
some other interval ; and triple when three melodies are 
so fitted as to be mutually usable above and below one 
another by transposition. Among the forms of counter- 
point the canon and the fugue are the most important 
(See these words.) Next to a pure and natural use of 
melodic intervals, various kinds of imitation between the 
voices are specially sought, such as augmentation, diminu- 
tion, inversion, reversion, etc. (See these words.) The ! prac- 
tice of counterpoint was specially prominent in the Oallo- 
Belgic school of musicians from the thirteenth to the six- 
teenth century, and it has l>een a part of musical training 
and accomplishment ever since. It Is a necessary basis 
for all polyphonic composition, although in modern music 
the strictness of Its early rales has been much relaxed. 
(d) A voice-part of independent character poly- 
phonically combined with one or more other 
parts Strict counterpoint, counterpoint in which the 
use of unprepared discords is forbidden. 
counterpoint^ (koun-ter-poin'ta), a. 1= * 
contrcpointe.] In her., meeting at the points : 
said of two chevrons, one in the 
usual position and the other in- 
verted. 
counterpoise (koun'ter-poiz), n. 
[< ME. counterpese, < OF. contre- 
pois, F. contre-poids = Pr. con- 
trapes = Sp. contrapeso = Pg. Argent, t.o 
cantrapezo = It. contrappeso, < ^"^iS""" 
ML. "contrapensum (contrapc- 
sium after Rom.; also in diff. form contrapoa- 
dus), < L. contra (> F. contre, etc.). against, + 
pensum (>OF.pois, F. poids), a weight, a por- 
tion, a pound: see counter- and Spite. Cf. the 
verb.] 1. A weight equal to and balancing or 
counteracting another weight ; specifically, a 
body or mass of the same weight with another 
opposed to it, as in the opposite scale of a bal- 
ance. 
Fastening that to our exact balance, we put a metalline 
counterpmu into the opposite scale. 
Boylf, Spring of the Air. 
counter-quarterly 
Hcnrc 2. Any I'qiml p"weror force acting in 
opposition ; a tIi siilm-ii-nt, to balance another 
force. 
II,,., |ih,.>..,..,nd nobles] are * awntorpoly to the higher 
nobility. Bum, Empire. 
He was willing t/i aid tint o|i|pite party In maintaining 
a suntrlent ,! "-Hi t" form a tvuntrrpau* to 
that of the ronfedi-rau-x. 1'rricutt, Kerd. and Ia., L S. 
Activity, and not despondency. Is the true eounlerpoite 
to misfortune. Loirell, Among my Boolw, 2d ser., p. 311. 
3. The state of beingin equilibrium with another 
weight or force. 
The pendulous round earth, with Imlanced lr 
In counterpoUt. Milton, V. L., Iv. 1001. 
4. In the manege, apositionof the rider in which 
his body is duly balanced in his seat, not in- 
clined more to one side than the other ; equi- 
librium Counterpoise bridge. Stt Wifc*'. 
counterpoise (koun-ter-poiz'), r. t.; pret. and 
pp. counterpoised, ppr. counterpoising, [fcarly 
mod. E. usually counterpeixe, counterpese, < ME. 
counterpeisen, counterpenen, < OF. contrepeser = 
Pr. Pg. cmtrapcznr = Sp. contra]>esar = It. 
contrappesare, < ML. 'wntraiiengare, counter- 
poise; from the noun.] 1. To act in opposi- 
tion to, or counteract, as a counterpoise ; coun- 
terbalance ; be equiponderant to ; equal in 
weight. 
The force and the distance of weights counterpoising one 
another ought to be reciprocal. 
Sir K. Diyby, Nature of Man's SouL 
The heaviness of bodies must be countervailed by a 
plummet fastened about the pulley to the axis. ^ .^ 
Hence 2. To act against in any manner with 
equal power or effect; balance; restore the 
balance to. 
The Turk Is now counterpoited by the Persian. 
Kaleiyh, Hist. World. 
So many freeholders of English will he able to beard and 
to counterpoise the rest. Spnuer, State of Ireland. 
I hold It not meet, that a few conjectures should coun- 
terimte the gelierall consent of all ages. 
Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 41. 
This makes us happy, couvterpoiting our hearts in all 
miseries. Burton, Anat. of MeL, p. 598. 
counter-poison (koun'ter-poi-zn), n. [= F. 
coiitrc-poison ; &s counter- + poiaon.'} A poison 
that destroys the effect of another ; a poison 
used as an antidote to another ; anything ad- 
ministered to counteract a poison ; an antidote. 
At length we learned an antidote and counterpoiton 
against the fllthy venomous .. 
counterponderate (koun-ter-pon'de-rat), r. t. ; 
pret. and pp. eouuh-rponderatcd, ppr. countcrpon- 
derating. To counterbalance ; weigh against. 
counter-potent (koun-ter-po'tent), a. In her., 
charged with a pattern composed of tau-shaped 
figures supposed to represent the tops of tau- 
staffs. The figures are called in English pntentt. The 
bearing counter-potent Is generally classed among the 
heraldic furs. See/ur. 
counter-practice (koun'ter-prak-tis), n. Prac- 
tice in opposition to another. 
counter-pressure (koun'ter-presh-ur), n. Op- 
posing pressure ; a force or pressure that acts 
in antagonism to another and is equal to it. 
counter-project (koun'ter-proj-ekt), n. A pro- 
ject, scheme, or proposal of one party advanced 
in opposition to that of another, as in the nego- 
tiation of a treaty. 
Wildman then brought forward a counter fnxtt pre- 
pared by himself. .Vacaulai/, Hist. Eng., ix. 
counter-proof (koun'ter-prdf), . A reversed 
impression taken from a freshly printed proof 
of an engraved plate, by laying a sheet of damp- 
ened paper upon it and passing it through the 
press. 
counterprove (koun-ter-pr8v'), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. counterproced, ppr. covnterproring. To take 
a counter-proof of. See counter-proof. 
counter-punch (koun'ter-punch), n. 1. A tool 
held beneath a sheet of metal to resist the blows 
of a hammer and form a raised boss on the sur- 
face of the sheet. 2. In type-founding, the 
steel die or punch which makes the counter or 
unprinted part of the letter subsequently en- 
graved on the punch. The first process in type- 
making is making the counter-punch. 
counter-quartered (koun-ter-kwftr'terd), a. In 
In r.. same as counter-quarterly.- Cross counter- 
quartered. See era**. 
counter-quarterly (koun-ter-qwar ter-li), a. 
In lirr.: (a) Having the quarters also quar- 
tered. (6) More rarely, having the quarters 
divided in any way, as per pale and the like. 
Also contre-cartele, counter-quartered. 
