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Show € Q, t it is commonl ufe phrafes, in countenance, an i 3. Toa& fuitably to any thing; to- kee thef out of coun As from your graves rife up, and walk like fprites il Ho encourage ; to appear in defence At the firft defcent on fhore he was not immure place, the gentlewoman, even out of countenance before fhe began her {peech, invited me to lodge tha night with her father Sidney We will not make your countenance to fall by th anfwer ye fhall receive Bacon's New Atlantis with a woode la'nding in his long-boat Their beft friends were out of countenance, becauf they found that the imputations, which their enemies had laid upon them, were well grounded Clarendon Your examples will meet it at every turn, an PUt it out of countenance in every place; even i private corners it will foon lofe confidence Spratt's Sermons If the outward profeflion of religion and virtue were once i practice an countenanc good treatment of the clergy woul a court be the necef Will you, with counter fu The vaft proportion of his infinite Saift Addifon's Freeholder 5. Kindnefs or ll-will, as it appears upo the face "The church of Chrift, which held that profeflio which had not the publick allowance and countemance of authority, could not ufe the exercife o Hooker #he Chriftian religion butin private His majefty maintained an army here, to giv frength and countenance to the civil magiftrate Dawies on Ireland Now then we'll uf His countenance for the battle3 which being dore Let her who would be rid of him devif Shakefpeare's King Lear His fpeedy taking off is the magiftrate's peculiar province Dryden cuckold-makers In half-whipt muflin needles ufelefs lie And fhuttlecocks acrofs the counter fly " Gay's Trivia Sometimes you would fee'him behind his counze felling broadcloth, fometimes meafuring linen gold. 4. CounTE 79 CO'UNTENANCE V & [ fro th noun. 1. To fupport ; to patronife ; to vindicate Neither fhalt thou countenance a poor man in hi Exodus caufe This conceit, though countenanced by learne men, is.-not made out either by experience or reaBrown {on This national fault, of being fo very talkative looks natural and graceful in one that has gre hairs to countenance it Addifon 1. Contrary to; in oppofition to: it i commonly ufed with the verb 7z, perhaps by a metaphor from the old tournaments Eac And to his miftrefs each himfelf ftrove toadvance Spenfer th will of his purpofe and intention run counter to th Soutbh will of his approbation. The profit of the merchant, and the gain of th kingdom, are fo far from being always parallels that frequently they rus counter one to the other Child on Trade He thinks it brave, at his firft fetting out, t fignalize himfelf in running counter to all the rule Locke of virtue 2. The wrong way ; contrarily to the righ | courfe How cheerfully on the falfe trail they cry Oh, this is counter, you.falfe Danifh dogs Shake[peare's Hamlet Contrary ways A man, whom1 cannot deny, may oblige me t ufe perfuafions to another, which, at the fam time I am fpeaking, I may wifh may not prevai on him: in this cafe, it is plain, the will and th defire run counter Locke 4. The face, in oppofition to the back Not in ufe They hit one another with darts, as the otherd with their hands, which they never throw counter but at the back of the flyer Sandys's Fournal 5. This word is often found in compofition, and may be place befor eithe f p o o n f i e u r v o nou "Tha to thefe ladics love did countenance Shall we ere& two wills in God's, and mak tion 2. 'To make a fhow of of@ Horfe, is that part of thoulder and under the neck. Far. Di& Co UNTER. adv. [contre, Fr. contra, Lat. 3 Shakefpeare Saift hor{e's fore-hand that lies between th Shakefpeard's Meafure for Meafure Made me exchange my ftate with Tranio ‘While he did bear my countenance in the town relieve hims Z CoUNTERBA'LANCE Sramb( @. a [coun and balance.] To weigh againft; to 5 -againft with an oppofite weight There was fo muc air drawn out of the veffy that the remaining air was not able to counterly Boyle Jance the mercurial cylinder Few of Adam's children are not born with f;'m bias, which it is the bufinefs of education eithert take oft; or counterbalance Loths CouNTERBA'LANCE verb. ] power Oppofit 7. /[ [ fiom th weight ; equivale W But peaceful kings, o'er martial people fot Each other's poife and counterbalance are Dryden's An, Mirah Money is:the counterbalance to all other things 7o CouNTERBU'FF: . a. [from counte and 4uf:] To impel in a directon 0ppofite to the former impulfe; to ftrik back ‘The giddy fhip, betwixt the winds and fide Forc'd back and forwards, in a circle rides Stunn'd with the diff'rent blows ; then fhoot i s amain Till counterbuff'd the ftops, and fleeps again. Drydin ‘COUNTERBU FF. 7,[. [counter and buff. Arbuthnot rary direction; a ftrok con i blo Whether thy counter thine with fums untold oi re e u o p th And thy ‘wide-grafping hand grows black wit nterbuf Atterbury Bianca's lov Shakefpeares Fulius Ceefar A fine gaudy minx, that robs our counters ever night; and then goes out, and fpends it upon ou t The eleétion being done, he made countenance o Afchan's Schoolmafter. great difcontent thereat Oh, you bleffed mimifters above Keep me in patience, and with ripen'd tim Unfold the evil, which is here wrapt u ftrong enough t purchafeable by it, and lying, as it were, in. th iap oppofite fcale of commerce 3. The table on which goods are viewed and money told, in a fhop 7. Superficial appearance ; fhow ; refemblance In countenance Marcus Brutus grows {0 covetous Dath him' to picces give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuk vice and profanencfs in contempt To lock fuch rafeal counters from his friends Be ready, gods! with all your thunder-bolt Spenfer 6. Patronage ; appearance of favour ; appearance on any fide ; {fupport Thi Shakefpeare money in the Exchequer, yet in'trade they are n Yet the ftout fairy, *mongft the middeft crowd ‘Thought all their glory vain in knightly view And that great princefs too, exceeding proud ‘That to firange knight no better countenance allow'd thefe half-pence are to be received a Thoug Whe It is a kind of ill manners to offer objections t a fine woman, and a man would be out of countenance that fhould gain the fuperiority in fuch contelt: a coquette logician' may be rallied, bu Addifer's Freebolder not contradicted £t puts the learned in countenance, and give them a place among the fafhionable part of man kind Co'unTENANCER., 7 f [from countenance.] One that countenances or {upports another Co'uNTER. 7 /. [from count. 1. A falfe piece of money ufed as a mean of reckoning 2. Money If thofe preachers would look about, they woul find one part of thelr congregation oxt of countenance, and . the other afleep Wotton better than counters, Savift's Confids on W ood's Coin Savift fary confequence th veffel, but he did countenanc ‘o principle withinand't princip e counterat? tha In this cafe we can fin Shakefp. Macbeth T'o countenance'this horrour. night beginning to perfuade fome retirin by contrary ageneyi Malcolm! Banquo' lengince g Th at.] To hinder any thing from its effag up any appearance an P COUNTERA'CT, . 2. [counte defign was no fooner known but other of an oppofite party were appointed to fet a counterpetition on foot Clarendon He at the fecond gave him fuch a co that, becaufe Phalantus was not to be driven fro the faddle, the faddle with broken girths was drive Sidnig from the horfe Go, captain Stub, lead on, and fhow ‘What houfe you come of, by the blo You give Sir Quintin, and the cuf You *feape o' th' fandbags connterbuffs Ben Sonon Co'UNTERCASTER [from counter 7 / te ca a y n m o e p f fa fo A word of contempt for an arithmeti cian ; a book-keeper - counts; a reckoner a cafter of ac his eyes had feen the proo 1, of who m' ca an le b mu ru Cy a At Rhode r f a r t u c i t o i e c a o By deb Shake|peare's Othells Co'UNTERCHANGE change. 4. Confidence of mien ; afpe& of affur.ance CO ¢ 7. /i [ counter an Exchange ; reciprocation e h w r t g i t g l f l r She, like h On hir, her brothers, me, her mafter, h}mn "The counterchang Each objeét with a joy Shake[peare's Cynibeline Is fev'rally in all 8 1 & T» Co and receive a t u c J CouNnTERCHARM I a c i w b h ‘ charm. r w p t h i w a t diffolved m a c o c f e deftroying th a a g a c e t r h r t u c b h u t No ] - [ _ k I n m t ' l c r a k i f j m And fta Pape' ‘_ {l wfl r [ a w M 7 and charm. To deftroy the effect o enchantment. l l a e l v i u e k t w Like a fpell i fo counterchar all ou crimes ;m that they fho P o } .e us r h n f e p t i a only b T» COUNTERCHE CK . a. [icountér a e d f t w f t check.] To g oppofition C'ouu‘!‘E 'P |