counter-trippant 
counter-trippant (kann-tte-trip'jB*), . In 
ln-r., tri|i|iiint ill opposite) dircetimis: said of 
iiiiiinals used us a hearing. 
counter-tripping (koun-ter-t.rip'ing), . in 
lit')'., Siitnc as run nli r-!riftjntnl. 
COUnterturn (koun'ter-tern). . The eiilinina- 
tion of the plot of n pl.-iv. See I he extract. 
The eiitiistusis e;ille-i liy the Rinnans Hiatus, the height 
and full growth of the play, we may call properly the 
countt'fturu, which ile.slioys th;tl e\]>ectation, embroils 
iln action iti new dlffloalRM, :nnl leaves you far distant 
Iroui thut ti"l><- in uliieh it fonnil >on. 
Dr/ltlen, Essay on Dram. Poesy. 
counter-type (koun'ter-tip), . A correspond- 
ing type. 
Almost all the vernacular poetry of the middle ages has 
its Latin counter-t>t]tf. MUiitan, Latin Christianity, xiv. 4. 
countervail (koun-ter-val'), v. t. [< ME. <<//- 
treruilfii, cunt reeailen, < OF. contrevaleir, con In - 
ntliiir = Pr. contraruler, < L. contra, against, + 
vatere, be strong, avail : see counter-, vail, avail.'} 
1 . To act against or antagonize with equal force 
or power; act or avail with equivalent effect 
against; counteract. 
Amen, amen ! but come what sorrow can, 
It cannot countervail the. exchange of joy 
That one short minute gives me In her sight. 
Shak., R. and J., II. 6. 
Ita velocity is certainly over two hundred miles a sec- 
onil, anil is probably much more ; and this sfieed is such 
as to countervail the attractive force of all the stars in the 
known universe, since it is greater than such attractive 
force can produce. The Century, XXVII. 918. 
Hence 2. To be or furnish an equivalent of 
or a compensation for ; make good ; offset. 
Mine opinion is, that all the goods in the world are not 
able to countervail man's life. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), 1. 
What he wanU in years and discipline 
His industry and spirit ootmforMHfc 
Beau, and Ft. (?), Faithful Friends, v. 2. 
countervail (koun'ter-val), n. [< counterrailj e.] 
Counterbalancing power or weight sufficient 
to obviate or counteract any effect ; equal effi- 
cacy or value ; compensation ; requital. 
Surely the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor 
countervail for the bitterness of the review, which begins 
where the action ends, and lasts for ever. 
South, Sermons. 
countervailing (koun-ter-va'ling), p. a. [Ppr. 
of counterfoil, c.] Equalizing; compensatory; 
requiting. 
Pain is the one supreme evil of the existence of the 
lower animals ; an evil which (so far as we can see) has 
no couiitercailinii good. 
F. P. Cobbe, Peak in Darien, p. 147. 
Countervailing duties, in Great Britain, duties imposed 
on articles imported from the Isle of Man ami other spe- 
cified places in outlying British territory, to equalize the 
charges imposed on them with those imposed on articles 
manufactured at home or im|iorte<t from abroad. An- 
other such duty is the duty of 17. an ounce on gold plate 
imported from abroad, 
tervail thu charge me 
stamping those metals. 
le duty of 
imiiortfd from abroad, and It. 6cf. on silver plate, to coun- 
tervail thu charge made by the Goldsmiths' Hall for 

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Counter- vairy. 
1. A contrary 
counter-vair (kouu'ter-var), a. In her., same as 
coiuiter-rairti. 
counter-vairy(koun-ter-var'i),. In her., charg- 
ed with a pattern differing from 
rair in having each cup or unit 
of the diaper doubled, pointing 
down as well as up. This bear- 
ing is considered one of the 
furs. See fur. Also counter- 
niir. cnntrc-rair. 
countervallation (koun ' ter - 
va-la'shon), . Same as con- 
tr<tr<ill<tti/>n. 
counterview (koun'ter-vu), n. 
or opposing view or opinion. 
M. Peisse has ably advocated the countercinc iu his 
preface and appendix. Sir W. Hamilton. 
2f. Contrast. 
I desired that the senate of Rome might appear before 
me iu one large chamber, and a modem representative in 
cmmtrrmcw in another. Swift, Uulliver's Travels, ill. 7. 
I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on pur- 
pose to place it in counterview or contrast with that of the 
other i-oinpany. Stctft. 
countervote (koun-ter-vof), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
counteri-oted, ppr. eountcrroting. To vote in op- 
position to; outvote; overrule. [Rare.] 
The law in our minds beiiiL' ciiuiitfriiitnl by the law in 
our members. J. Scott, Christian Life, I. iii. 
counterwaitt, *' t. [ME. countcricayten; < coun- 
ter- + trait.'] To watch against; be on one's 
guard against. Chaucer. 
counterweight (koun-ter-wa'). r. I. trans. To 
weigh against; counterbalance; counterpoise. 
II. inti-tiii*. To have a counterbalancing ef- 
fect. 
1307 
If Wrights h:id ten Minn ships of st. Johns, it ,,i,|,| 
not CHItllli'rirri'tll with tile loss of this oeeasiull. 
.t*f/"nh. To Kaven. 
Counterweight (koim'ter-wat), n. A weight in 
tin- itp)i<>siie -eale; a eiiiinterpoise. 
COUnterwheel (konn-ter-hwer). r. i. or t. To 
wheel, or effect by wheeling, iu an opposite di- 
rection. 
The falcon charges at first view 
illi her I'rinade ot l.d'iiis. through 
Whose shoots the wary heron beat 
With a well countertehtfl'd retreat. 
Loeelace, Lucasta. 
counter-windt (koun'ter-wind), n. A contrary 
wind. 
Like as a ship . . . 
la met of many a counter winde and tyde. 
Spentrr, If. ., VI. xii. I. 
counterwork (koun-ter-werk'), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. countericorked, counterwrought, ppr. counter- 
working. To work in opposition to ; counteract ; 
hinder by contrary operations. 
Kiu-b individual seeks a several goal ; 
But Heaven's great view is one, and that the whole, 
That counter-work* each folly and caprice. 
I'ope, Essay on Man, 11. 239. 
While we hold that like causes will produce like effects, 
... we must remember that one set of causes Is often 
counterworked by another set, in which case the results 
will be different. J?. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 211. 
counterwork (koun'ter-werk), i. 1. Opposing 
work or effort ; countervailing action ; active 
opposition. 2. Something made or done in 
opposition to or refutation of something else. 
Strauss applied a more formidable solvent to the frame- 
work of Christianity in the mythical theory of his Leben 
Jesu. And this, a few years later, called for the counter- 
work of Xeand^er. Quarterly Rer. 
countess 1 (koun'tes), n. [< ME. countese, COUH- 
teg, countas, contas, contesse, cuntesse, etc., < 
OP. contesse, cuntesse, F. comtesse = Pr. con- 
tessa = Sp. condesa = Pg. condeasa = It. contes- 
sa, < ML. comitissa, comitessa, fern, of L. comes 
(comit-), count: see count"*.] 1. The title, in 
English, of the wife of any nobleman on the 
continent of Europe bearing a title equivalent 
to English count: commonly extended also to 
the daughters of such noblemen as a prefix to 
their personal names. 2. In the British peer- 
age, tne wife or widow of an earl, or a woman 
possessing an earldom in her own right. The 
latter case is very rare. A notable instance is that of the 
Countess of Beaeonsneld, invested with the dignity inde- 
pendently of her husband, Benjamin Disraeli, who was 
made Earl of Beaconsneld after her death. 
2d Gtnt. I take it, she that carries up the train 
Is that old noble lady, duchess of Norfolk. 
1st Gent. It is ; and all the rest are countemtc*. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., IT. 1. 
countess- (koun'tes), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
roofing-slate 20 inches long and 10 inches wide. 
counting-house (koun'ting-hous), H. A build- 
ing or office appropriated to the bookkeeping, 
correspondence, business transactions, etc., of 
a mercantile or manufacturing establishment. 
COUnting-room (koun'ting-rom), n. A room 
appropriated to the same purpose as a counting- 
house. 
countless (kount'les), a. [< count 1 , n., + -leas.] 
Incapable of being counted; without ascer- 
tained or ascertainable number; innumerable. 
Man's inhumanity to man 
Makes countlenn thousands mourn ! 
Burns, Man was Made to Mourn. 
countort, countourt, Obsolete forms of 
couiitrri, counter*. 
count-out (kount'out), w. In the British House 
of Commons, the act of the Speaker when he 
counts the number of members present, and, 
not finding forty, intimates that there is not a 
quorum. The sitting then stands adjourned. 
COuntret, r. An obsolete form of counter 3 . 
countre-t. See counter-. 
countrify (kun'tri-fi), r. t. ; pret. and pp. coun- 
trified, ppr. countrifying. [< country + -ft/.] 
To make like the country, as opposed to the 
city; impart the characteristics of the country 
or of rural life to ; make rustic, as in aspect or 
manners. 
As being one who had no pride, 
And was a deal too countrified. 
Lloyd, Temple of Favour. 
country (kun'tri), n. and a. [Early mod. E. 
also eountrey, countric, countree, countray, < 
ME. countn. runtrr. mntrei, contre, contree, con- 
traye, contreye, etc., < OF. cuntree, contree, con- 
trie, F. i-nntrt'c = Pr. OSp. contradn = It. ctm- 
tratla.OIt. contnita. < ML. cnntrata, contrada, 
country, region, lit. that which is over against 
or before one, prop. adj. (sc. L. regio, region), 
fern, of "contratits (> E. contrate in a literal 
country-bred 
sense), with suffix -iilim (K. -/<'), < I*, contra, 
over against : HM- mutrii. ami <!'. muutrr", <- 
ter-, etc. Compare the eijuiv. <;.</'.'/''' MHC. 
getjende, gegeiiotr, also;/' i/< . </' .'/' " .</'.'/'" coun- 
try, < yuj'-H, against: s<-e IJIIIH-. ./m.] I. n.; 
pi. roinitnix i-iri/). 1. A region; a district 
of indefinite extent present to the view or 
thought, being or considered as the locality of 
residence, travel, exploration, or other aot inn, 
or of description: as, a new country; a wild 
i-iniiitry ; a rugged country ; an unexplored roun- 
try; the countries of central Asia. 
The shipnien deemed that they drew near to some cmm- 
try. AcU xxvil. 27. 
They desire a better country, that Is, an heavenly. 
Hell Xl. Id. 
Something after death, 
The undiscover'd cimntry, from whose lioin n 
No traveller returns. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. 
2. The territory of a nation ; an independent 
state, or a region once independent, and still 
distinct iu name, population, or institutions, as 
England, Scotland, and Wales in Great Britain, 
the several states of the Austrian and German 
empires, etc. Many countries once distinct have been 
absorbed In larger territories, and have entirely lost their 
separate character. 
And all the countre of Troya is the Turkes owne toun- 
tre by inherytance, and that countre Is properly called 
nowe Turkey, ami none other. 
Sir 7*. Ouyl/oril, Pylgrymage, p. 13. 
They require to be examined concerning the descriptions 
of those countrif* of which they would lie informed. 
I.I'- Syrat. 
3. The rural parts of a region, as opposed to 
cities or towns. 
I see them hurry from country to town, and then from 
the town back again into the country. Spectator. 
Ood made the countrjt, and man made the town. 
Coirper, Task, i. 748. 
4. The place of one's nativity or citizenship ; 
one's native soil ; the land of one's nationality 
or allegiance by birth or adoption. 
A steady patriot of the world alone, 
And friend of every country save his own. Conning. 
5. The inhabitants of a country; the people; 
the public. 
All the country wept with a loud voice. 2 Sam. xv. 23. 
All the country, in a general voice, 
Cried hate upon him. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 
Specifically 6. In laic, the public at large, as 
represented by a jury: as, a trial by the coun- 
try ; his plea concluded to the country (that is, 
it ended by requiring the submission of the is- 
sue to a jury). 7f. In line, any place other than 
a court: as, a deed in the country, as opposed 
to an alienation by record that is, in court. 
Kapalje and iMU-rence. 8. In mining, the rock 
adjacent to the lode; the formation in which 
any mineral vein or deposit is inclosed. Some- 
times called country-rock. 9. Ntiut., that part 
of an apartment on board ship used in common 
by all officers of the same mess : as, the ward- 
room country Black country, a designation of those 
parts of the midland district of England which are in a 
measure blackened and deprived of verdure by the coal 
and iron industries. Conclusion to the country. See 
conclusion. Old country, a name given iti the l'nitd 
States and the colonies to (treat Britain and Ireland by 
emigrants from those countries, and also used of other 
countries in relation to their colonies. Ward-room 
country, steerage country (naut.), the open space in 
the middle of award-room or steerage of a man-of-war not 
occupied by berths or state-rooms. 
II. a. If. Pertaining or peculiar to one's own 
country; national; native. 
The tire which they call holy and eternal! was caried 
before vpon siluer Aultars. and the Priestes of their Lawe 
w elite next sluginge after their eountrey manner. 
./. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtlus, iii. 
She . . . spake in her country language. 2 Mac. vil. 27. 
2. Pertaining or belonging to the country or to 
the rural parts of a region ; being or living in 
the country; rural; rustic: as, country roads; 
country customs; a coun try gentleman; country 
cousins; a country life; the country party, as 
opposed to the city party. 
A little beauty, 
Such as a cottage breeds, she brought along with her ; 
And yet our country eyes esteem'd it much too. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, v. 2. 
3. Characteristic of the country or rural re- 
gions; hence, rustic; rude; unpolished: as. 
run n try manners. Country almonds, cause, mal- 
low, ete. See the nouns. 
country-base (kun'tri-bas), n. The game of 
prison-bars or prison-base. 
Lads more like to run 
The country bate, than to commit such slaughter. 
ShaJ>:. rviiiU-liiie. v. ;;. 
country-bred (kim'tri-bred). a. Bred or brought 
up in the country. 
