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Show 2. To counterwork; to defeat by fecre meafures admitted to fay what he can for the fafe guard of his eftate, that which the demandant allegeth againft this requeft i Coavell called ‘a counterplea Thus infallibly it muft be, if God do not mira ‘evloufly countermine us, and do more for us than w can do againft ourfelves Decay of Picty or equivalen to one, is plain by this, that any body which i prefled muft needs prefs again on the body tha prefles it Digby on the Soul If any of the returning fpirits thould happen t } Th Our psils we have brought hom Do more than counterpoife a full third par The chavges of the altion. Shakefpeare's Coriolanys Th A confumption is a counternatural heftick exHarwvey on Confumptions tenuation of the body 3 refolutions to thef are mad counterpace for ou it will then be time enoug Sawifi malecontents COUNTERPANE. 7. fA coverlet for a bed woven in fquares. written, according t [comtrepoint, Fr. or any thing elf It is fometime etymology, coun terpoint In ivory coffers I have ftuff'd my crowns ; In cyprus chefts my arras counterpanes. Shakefpeare CounTERPA'RT. 7. [. [counter and parz. The correfpondent part; the part whic anfwer t another paper as the tw of a contra& ; the part which fits another, as the key of a cypher In fome things the laws of Normandy agree with the laws of England; fo that, they feem t be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another of England Hale's La An old fellow wit wench a youn for a counterpart of this fable Oh counterpar ma paf L' Eftrangc Of our foft fex ; well are you made our lords So bold, fo great, {o god-like are you‘form'd as women ? Diryd How can you love fo filly thing Hle is to confider the thought of his author, an ‘his words, an to find out the counterpar in another language to eac Dryden In the difcovery, the two different plots look lik counterparts and.copies of one another Addifon's Spectator CounTERPLEA, #. / plea. I law [fro counter an a replication : as, if _ftranger to the adion begun defire to b counter To a& with equal power againft an perfon or caufe So many freeholders of Englith will be able t beard and to counterpoife the reft. Spenfer on Ireland ter an COUNTEROPENING. 7 Jf. [cou Apn An aperture or vent on th opening. When the leaf the diftance of weight The heavinefs of bodies muft be counterpoifed b a plummet faftened about the pulley to the axis Wilkins Calamy's Sermons tion to any {cheme an 2. To produce a contrary aftion by a equal weight They endeavoured, either by a conftant fucceffion of fenfual delights to charm and lull afieep or elfe by a counternoife of revellings and riotous excefles to drown, the fofter whifpers of thei Contrary meafure; attempts in oppofi- forc poifing one another, ought to be reciprocal Digby on the Soul COUNTERNO'ISE. 7. /. [connter and noife. A {ound by which any other noife i overpowered 7 /. [counter and: pace. the kid, wa ; to be equi-ponderant to; to act againft with equal weight CouNTERNATURAL. adj. [counter ‘an natural.] Contrary to nature A tent, plugging up the orifice, would make th matter recur to the part difpofed to receive it, an mark the place for a counteropening Sharp's Surgery upo poife. 1. To counterbalanc di contrary fide a plo ha Co"UNTERPOINT. 7. /. Acoverlet wove in {quares, commonly fpoken counterpane. See COUNTERPANE 7o CoUNTERPO'ISE. @. a. [counter an beat down houfes; but the countermure, new buil againft the breach, ftanding upon a lower ground Krolles it feldom touched confcieace wolf tha confounded by a counterplot' of the kid's upon th wolf; and fuch a counterplot as the: wolf, with al his fagacity, was not able to fmell out. L'Effrange CouNTERMU'RE. . Lo [contremur, Fr. A wall built up behind another wall, t {upply its place the breach an [counte An artifice oppofed to an artifice fall foul upon others which are outward bound thefe countermotions would overfet them, or occafio Collier a later arrival ‘The great fhot flying throug a plor.] 'To oppofe one machination b another; to obviate art by art CouNTERPLO'T. 7 /i [from the verb. , motion That refiftance is a countermotion w 7o CouNTERPLOT CouNTERMO TION. 7./. [counter and motion. Contrary motion ; oppofition o CouNTERPACE COovu Co"uNTERPOISE 7 /. [from counter an poife. 1. Equiponderance; equivalence of weight equal force in the oppofite {cale of th balance Take her by the hard And tell her fhe is thine ; to whom I promif A counterpoife, if not in thy eftate A balance more replete Shakefpeare's All's wwell that ends wvell Faftening that to our exaét balance, we put metalline counterpoife into the oppofite fcale Boyle's Spring of the Air 2. The ftate of being placed in the oppofite fcale of the balance Th' Eternal hung forth his golden fcales Wherein all things created firft he weigh'd The pendulous round earth, with balanc'd ai In counterpoife Milton's Paradife Loft 3. Equipollence 5 equivalence of power to the highe "The fecond nobles are a counterpoif Bacon nobility, that they grow not too potent Their generals, by their credit in the army were, with the magiftrates and other civil officers a fort of counterpoife to the Bopet of the people Savift COUuNTERPO1SON. 7. /. [counter and poiJon.] Antidote ; medicine by which th effefts of poifon are obviated Counterpoifons muft-be adapted to the ¢anfe 5 fo example, in poifon from fublimate corrofive, an Arbuthnot arfenick CouNTERPRE'SSURE #: ' f. [counter an preffire.] Oppofite force; power adin in contrary diretions Does it not all mechanick heads confound That troops of atoms from all parts around Of equal number, and of equal foree, Should to this fingle point dire& their courfe That fo the counterpreffire ev'ry way Of equal vigour, might their motions ftay And by a fteady poife the whole in quiet lay Blackmore Covgrsapno'mc'ri‘. 7. [ [countér an projet.] Correfpondent partofa {echem A clear reafon why they never fent any forceg Spain, and why the obligation not to enter iutom treaty of peace with France, until that entire mo narchy was yielded-as a pre}i'minafy,vw""rm: out of the csunterproject by the Dutch 5wifs 7o COUNTERPROVE. @. 4. [from and prove.] To take off a defign i black lead, or red chalk, by pafiing i through the rolling-prefs with anothe piece of paper, both being moiftene " bambers with a fponge 70 COUNTERROL. @, a. [ counter an roll. 'This is now generally written a it is fpoken, control. 'To preferve th power of detecting frauds by another g¢ count CouNTERRO'LMENT 7 /. [from counter rol.] A counter account; controlment This manner of exercifing of this office, hat many teftimonies, ‘interchangeable warrants, an - counterrolments, whereof each, running through the hands, and refli.ng i the power of many fevera perfons, is fufficient to argue and conviace all man Batcen ner of falfehood Co'UNTERSCARP 7 [from counter an Jearp.] That fide of the ditch which i next the camp, or properly the talus tha fupports the earth of the covert-way although by this term is often underftoo th whol covert-way with it parapet and glacis: and {o it is to b underftood when it is faid the enem lodged themfelves on the counterfearp Harris 70 CouNTERSI'GN. @. a. [from counte and fign.] 'To fign an order or paten of a fuperiour, in quality of fecretary to render it more authentick, Thu charters are figned by the king, an counterfigned by a fecretary of flate, o Chambers lord chancellor CouNTERTE NOR. 7 Jf [from counte and zenor.] One of the mean or middl parts of mufick; fo called, as it were Harris oppofite to the tenor 1 am deaf: this deafnefs unqualifies me for l company, except a few friends with countertenc Swift voices CoUuNTERTYUDE. . /. [counter and tide. Contrary tide ; fluétuations of the water Such were our countertides at land, and { Prefaging of the fatal blow Dryden In your prodigious ebb and flow CouNTERTI'ME 7 /. [counter and tine contretemps, French. 1. The defence or refiftance of a hotfe that intercepts his cadence, and th meafure of his manage. Farriet's Did 2. Defence ; oppofition Let cheerfulnefs on happy fortune wai And give not thus the countertime to fate Dryden's Aurengzth CouNTERTURN. 7. /. [counter and 14 The cataftifis, called by the Romans fratus; th height and full growth of the play, we may tha oy deft whi n ertu coun th properl peation embroil the.atio in new. dlfiicl\h‘f' and leaves you far diftant from that hope in whi yPug ic ma Dr o de Dr yo n fo i 75 COUNTERVA'IL. w. a. [contra 21 waleo, Latin.] To be equivalent 105 have equal force or value ; t act aga with equal power 4 |