Counter \Coun"ter\, a.
   Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse;
   antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a
   counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable
   facts attesting the counter principle." --I. Taylor.
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   Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward
      from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers.
      See Approach.

   Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one
      who has given bond for another.

   Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary.

   Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys,
      invalidates, or alters, a public deed.

   Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.]

   Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a
      canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may
      soak through.

   Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part
      of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part,
      as in cases of luxation or fracture.

   Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure.

   Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication.

   Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister,
      a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of
      the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in
      some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in
      moral as in physical diseases." --Macaulay.

   Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of
      applying a counter irritant.

   Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side,
      or in a different place. 

   Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password,
      given in time of alarm as a signal.

   Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell.

   Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary
      direction to some other opposing pressure.

   Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought
      forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of
      a treaty. --Swift.

   Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another
      just printed, which, by being passed through the press,
      gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same
      position as that of plate from which the first was
      printed, the object being to enable the engraver to
      inspect the state of the plate.

   Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one,
      and restoring a former state of things.

   Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a
      counter revolution.

   Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is
      to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.

   Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction
      from the wind.

   Counter sense, opposite meaning.

   Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to
      another.

   Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer
      countersigned to a writing. --Tooke.

   Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a
      counter slope. --Mahan.

   Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or
      denial of, another statement.

   Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one
      who has given security.

   Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another.

   Counter tide, contrary tide.
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Counter brace \Coun"ter brace`\ (br?s`).
   1. (Naut.) The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side
      of a vessel.
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   2. (Engin.) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a
      strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace
      is designed to receive.
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   Note: In a quadrilateral system of bracing, the main brace is
         usually in the direction of one diagonal, and the
         counter brace in the direction of the other. Strains in
         counter braces are occasioned by the live load only,
         as, in a roof, by the wind, or, in a bridge, by a
         moving train.
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