AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
countercheck: to oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.-a check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.-any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
countercurrent: running in an opposite direction.-a current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
counterdraw: to copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.
counterfeit: representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.-fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.-assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.-that which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.-that which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.-one who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.-to imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.-to imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.-to carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.-to make counterfeits.
counterfeiter: one who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.-one who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.
counterflory: adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.
counterfoil: that part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock.-the part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.
counterfort: a kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.-a spur or projection of a mountain.
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.
counterguard: a low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
counterirritate: to produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
counterjumper: a salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously.
countermand: to revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.-to prohibit; to forbid.-to oppose; to revoke the command of.-a contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
countermarch: to march back, or to march in reversed order.-a marching back; retrocession.-an evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.-a change of measures; alteration of conduct.
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.-an artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.-to apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.
countermine: an underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.-a stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.-to oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.-to frustrate or counteract by secret measures.-to make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
countermure: a wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [r.] cf. contramure.-to fortify with a wall behind another wall.
counterpane: a coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.-a duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.
counterpart: a part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.-one of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.-a person who closely resembles another.-a thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
counterplot: to oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.-a plot or artifice opposed to another.
counterpoint: an opposite point-the setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody-the art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.-music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. see polyphony.-a coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane.  see 1st counterpane.
counterpoise: to act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.-to act against with equal power; to balance.-a weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.-an equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.-the relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
counterprove: to take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original.  see counter proof, under counter.
counterscarf: the exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
countershaft: an intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
countersign: to sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.-the signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.-a private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.
countersink: to chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.-to cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.-an enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.-a drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
countersunk: of countersink-chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.-sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.-beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.
counterterm: a term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend".
countertime: the resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.-resistance; opposition.
counterturn: the critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
countervail: to act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.-power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.
counterview: an opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.-a position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
countervote: to vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.
countess: the wife of an earl in the british peerage, or of a count in the continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. see the note under count.
countingroom: the house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.
countor: an advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.
country: a tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.-rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.-the inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. hence: (a) one's constituents. (b) the whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve parliament and appeal to the country.-a jury, as representing the citizens of a country.-the inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.-the rock through which a vein runs.-pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.-destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.-pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
countryman: an inhabitant or native of a region.-one born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.-one who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.
countrywoman: a woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.
counttenance: appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.-the face; the features.-approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.-superficial appearance; show; pretense.
county: an earldom; the domain of a count or earl.-a circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. see shire.-a count; an earl or lord.
coup: a sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
coupe: the front compartment of a french diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on british railways.-a four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.
coupe-gorge: any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
couped: cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. see erased.
coupee: a motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
couple: that which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.-two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.-a male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.-see couple-close.-one of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.-two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.-to link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.-to join in wedlock; to marry.-to come together as male and female; to copulate.
couple-close: a diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the  blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.-a pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.
coupler: one who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.
couplet: two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
coupling: of couple-the act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.-a device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
coupon: a certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.-a section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.
coupure: a passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
courage: the heart; spirit; temper; disposition.-heart; inclination; desire; will.-that quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.
courant: represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.-a piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.-a circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
courap: a skin disease, common in india, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.
courche: a square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
courier: a messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.-an attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.
course: the act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.-the ground or path traversed; track; way.-motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.-progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.-motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.-customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.-method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.-a series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.-the succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.-that part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.-a continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.-the lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.-the menses.-to run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.-to cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.-to run through or over.-to run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of lancashire.-to move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins.
coursed: of course-hunted; as, a coursed hare.-arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.
courser: one who courses or hunts.-a swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.-a grallatorial bird of europe (cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the ostrich family.
coursing: of course-the pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
court: an inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.-the residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.-the collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.-any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.-attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.-the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.-the persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.-a tribunal established for the administration of justice.-the judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.-the session of a judicial assembly.-any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.-a place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.-to endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.-to endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.-to attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.-to invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.-to play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
court-baron: an inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.
court-cupboard: a movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions.
court-leet: a court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet.
court-martial: a court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.-to subject to trial by a court-martial.
court-plaster: sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.
courtehouse: a house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings.-a county town; -- so called in virginia and some others of the southern states.
courteous: of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.
courter: one who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles.
courtesan: a woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
courtesy: politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.-an act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.-favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.-an act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees.-to make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.-to treat with civility.
courtier: one who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.-one who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.
courtly: relating or belonging to a court.-elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.-disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.-in the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
courtship: the act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.-the act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.-courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.-court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.
couscous: a kind of food used by the natives of western africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.
cousin: one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.-a title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. in english writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.-allied; akin.
cousinhood: the state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.
cousinry: a body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.
coussinet: a stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.-that part of the ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
couvade: a custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
covariant: a function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. an invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.
cove: a retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.-a strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.-a concave molding.-a member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.-to arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.-to brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.-a boy or man of any age or station.
covellite: a native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
covenant: a mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.-an agreement made by the scottish parliament in 1638, and by the english parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "solemn league and covenant."-the promises of god as revealed in the scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.-a solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.-an undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.-a form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.-to agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.-to grant or promise by covenant.