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COUN'TERCASTER,/ [from counter, for a falfe 
piece of money, and caftcrf A word of contempt for an 
arithmetician ; a book-keeper ; x a caller of accounts ; a 
reckoner: 
I, of whom his eyes had feen the proof 
At Rhodes, at Cyprus, muft be let and calm’d 
By debtor and creditor, this countercajler. Shakefpeare. 
COUN'TERCHANGE,/ Exchange; reciprocation: 
Site, like harmlefs lightning, throws her eye 
On him, her brothers, me, her mailer, hitting 
Each objetl with a joy. The counterchange 
Is fev’ivlly in all. Shakcfpcare. 
To COUN'TERCHANGE, v.a. To give and receive ; 
to caufe to change places. 
COUNTERCHA'RM, f. That by which a charm is 
dilfolved ; that which has the power of deilroying the 
effebls of a charm : 
Now touch’d by ccuntcrcharms they change again, 
And Hand majeific, and recall’d to men. Pope. 
To COUNTERCHA'RM, v. a. To deilroy the effedl 
of an enchantment.—Like a fpell it was to keep us in¬ 
vulnerable, and fo countcrcharm all our crimes, that they 
iliouldonly be adlive to pleafe, not hurt us. Decay of Piety. 
To COUNTERCHE'CK, v. a. To oppofe; to flop 
with hidden oppofitiou. 
COUNTERCHE'CK,/ Stop; rebuke.—If again I 
faid his beard was not well cut, he would fay I lye : this 
is called the countercheck quarrelfome. Shakcfpcare. 
To COUNTERDRAW', v. a. With painters, to copy 
a defign or painting by means of a fine linen cloth, an 
oiled paper, or other tranfparent matter, whereon the 
ftrokes, appearing through, are traced with a pencil. 
Chambers. 
COUNTERF.'VIDENCE,/ Teftimony by which the 
depofition of fome former witnefs is oppofed.—Senfe it- 
felf detects its more palpable deceits by a counterevidence , 
and the more ordinary impofture feldom outlive the firft 
experiments. Glanville. 
To COUN'TERFEIT, v.a. fontrefairc, Fr.] To copy 
with an intent to pafs the copy for an original; to forge. 
.—There have been fome that could counterfeit the diftance 
of voices, which is a fecondary objedt of hearing, in fuch 
fort, as, when they ftand fait by you, you would think 
the fpeech came from afar off in a fearful manner. Bacon. 
Say, lovely dream, where couldft thou find, 
.Shadows to counterfeit that face ? Waller. 
To imitate ; to copy ; to referable.—To counterfeit , is to 
put on the likenefs and appearance of fome real excel¬ 
lency: Briltol-ftones would not pretend to be diamonds, 
if there never had been diamonds. Tillotfon. 
O Eve! in evil hour thou didfi: give ear 
To that falfe worm, of whomfoever taught 
To counterfeit man’s voice. Milton. 
To COUN'TERFEIT, v.n. To feign; to carry on a 
fidlion.—Take a good heart, and counterfeit to be a man. 
Shakcfpcare. 
COUN'TERFEIT, adj. That which is made in imi¬ 
tation of another, with intent to pafs for the original; 
forged; fiblitious.—General obfervations drawn from 
particulars, are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending 
great (lore in a little room; but they are therefore to be 
made with the greater care and caution, left, if we take 
counterfeit for true, our ftiame be the greater, when our 
flock comes to a fevere ferutiny. Locke. —Deceitful; hy¬ 
pocritical.—True friends appear lefs mov’d than counter¬ 
feit. Rofcommon. 
COUN'TERFEIT,/ One who perfonates another; 
an impoftor.—I am no counterfeit-, to die is to be a coun- 
terf it ; for lie is but the counterfeit of a man, who hath 
not the life of a man. Shakefpeare. 
But truft me, child, I’m much inclin’d to fear 
itome counterfeit in this your Jupiter. Addifon. 
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Something made in imitation of another, intended t o pafs 
for that which it refenrbles ; a forgery.—There would 
be no counterfeits but for the fake of fomething real ; 
though pretenders feem to be what they really are not, 
yet they pretend to be fomething that really is. Tillotfon. 
My father was I know not where, 
When I was ftampt. Some coiner, with his tools. 
Made me a counterfeit ; yet my mother feem’d 
The Dian of that time. Shakefpeare. 
COUN'TERFEITER, / A forger; one who con¬ 
trives copies to pafs for originals.—Henry the Second al¬ 
tered the coin, which was corrupted by counterfeiters, to 
the great good of the commonwealth. Camden. —One who 
endeavours to fet any thing oft' by falfe colours.—Item, 
that no lady that ul'eth to paint fttall find fault with her 
painter, that hath not counterfeited her pidlure fair 
enough, unlefs lhe will acknowledge herfelf to be the 
better counterfeiter. Overbury. 
COUN'TERFEITLY, adv. Falfelv ; ficlitioufly; with 
forgery.—‘Since the wifdom of their choice is rather to 
have my cap than my heart, I will pradlife the infinuat- 
ing nod, and be off to them moftt counterfeit^. Shakefpeare. 
COUNTERFER'MENT,/. Ferment oppofed to fer¬ 
ment.—What unnatural motions and countcrfenntnts muft 
a medley of intemperance produce in the body! When I 
behold afaftiionable table, I fancy I fee innumerable dif- 
tentpers lurking in ambttfeade among the diflies. Addifon. 
COUNTERFE'SANCE, / [ contrefaifance , l'r.] The 
act of counterfeiting ; forgery. Not in ufe. 
Such is the face of falfehood, fuch the fight 
Of foul Duefla, when her borrow’d light 
Is laid away, and countcrfcfancc known. Spenfr. 
COUN'TERFORT,/ Counterforts, buttreffes or fpurs, 
are pillars ferving to fupport walls or terrafles fubject to 
bulge. Chambers. 
COUN'TERFUGUE,/ in mufic, is when fugues pro¬ 
ceed contrary to one another. 
COUNTF 1 RG A'GE,/ in carpentry, a method ufed 
to meafure the joints, by transferring the breadth of a 
mortife to the place where the tenon is to be, in order 
to make them fit each other. Chambers. 
COUNTERGUA'RD,/ in fortification, a work com¬ 
monly ferving to cover a baftion. It is compofed of two 
faces, forming a falient angle before the flanked angle of 
a baftion. 
COUNTERLI'GHT, /. A wdndow or light oppofite 
to any thing, which makes it appear to a difadvantage. 
Chambers. 
To COUNTERMA'ND, v.a. \_ccntrcmander, Fr;] To 
order the contrary to what was ordered or intended be¬ 
fore ; to contradiil, annul, or repeal a command.—In 
ftates notorioufly irreligious, a fecret and irrefiftible power 
countermands their deepeft projefls, and fmites their poli¬ 
cies with fruftration and a curfe. South. —To oppofe; to 
contradict the orders of another.—For us to alter any 
thing, is to lift up ourfelves againft God, and, as it were, 
to countermand him. Hooker. —To prohibit.—Avicen coun¬ 
termands letting blood in choleric bodies, becaufe he 
efteems the blood a bridle of the gall. Harvey. 
COUNTERMA'ND,/ \_contremand, Fr.J Repeal of 
a former order. Accented by Shakefpeare on the firft 
fyllable : 
Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, 
But muft he die to-morrow ? Shakefpeare. 
COUNTERMA'ND, /. in law, is where a thing for¬ 
merly executed, is afterwards by fome acl or ceremony 
made void by the party that firft did it. And it is either 
adtual, by deed, or implied ; aiftual, where a power to 
execute any authority, &c. is by a formal writing, for 
that very purpofe put oft'for a time, or made void ; and 
implied, is where a man makes his laft will and tefta- 
ment, and thereby devifes his land to A. B. if he after¬ 
wards enfeoffs another of the fame land, here this feoff- 
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