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Countergage
- - An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made.
Counterglow
- noun - a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
Counterlath
- - A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise. (b) Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths. (c) Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering. (d) One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
Countermand
- noun - a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
- cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Countermark
- - A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.
Countermine
- noun - (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
- destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river"
- destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
Countermove
- noun - an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
Countermure
- - A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure.
Counterpane
- noun - decorative cover for a bed
Counterpart
- noun - a duplicate copy
- a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
- Copy of a legal document