Coulisse Cou·lisse" noun [ French, from couler to flow, glide.] 1. A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

2. One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

Coulisse Cou·lisse" noun 1. A fluting in a sword blade.

2. The outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of Paris. [ French Use]

Couloir Cou`loir" noun [ French, a strainer.] 1. A deep gorge; a gully.

2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.

Coulomb Cou`lomb" noun [ From Coulomb , a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called weber .

Coulomb meter Cou`lomb" me"ter (Electricity) Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs.

Coulomb's law Cou`lomb's" law (Physics) The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them.

Coulter Coul"ter (kōl"tẽr) noun Same as Colter .

Coulterneb Coul"ter·neb` (-nĕb`) noun (Zoology) The puffin.

Coulure Cou·lure" noun [ French, prop., a dropping.] (Hort.) A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit.

Coumaric Cou·mar"ic adjective Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata , a tree of Guiana.

Coumaric acid (Chemistry) , one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C ₆ H ₄ .C ₂ H ₂ .CO ₂ H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artificially.

Coumarin Cou"ma·rin (kō"mȧ*rĭn) noun [ French, from coumarou , a tree of Guiana.] (Chemistry) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C ₉ H ₆ O ₂ , of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

Coumarou Cou"ma·rou noun [ See Coumarin .] (Botany) The tree ( Dipteryx odorata ) which bears the tonka bean; also, the bean itself.

Council Coun"cil (koun"sĭl) noun [ French concile , from Latin concilium ; con- + calare to call, akin to Greek ......... to call, and English hale , v., haul . Confer Conciliate . This word is often confounded with counsel , with which it has no connection.]

1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.

2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council ; a city council .

An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
Shak.

3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.

Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night.
Milton.

O great in action and in council wise.
Pope.

Aulic council . See under Aulic . -- Cabinet council . See under Cabinet . -- City council , the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. -- Common council . See under Common . -- Council board , Council table , the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. -- Council chamber , the room or apartment in which a council meets. -- Council fire , the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [ U.S.] Bartlett. -- Council of war , an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. -- Ecumenical council (Eccl.) , an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. -- Executive council , a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [ U.S.] -- Legislative council , the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate . -- Privy council . See under Privy . [ Eng.]

Syn. -- Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod.

Councilist Coun"cil·ist noun One who belongs to a council; one who gives an opinion. [ Obsolete]

I will in three months be an expert counsilist .
Milton.

Councilman Coun"cil·man (koun"sĭl*m a n) noun ; plural Councilmen (- m e n). A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.

Councilor Coun"cil·or noun A member of a council. [ Written also councillor .]

» The distinction between councilor , a member of a council, and counselor , one who gives counsel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed.

Counsel Coun"sel (koun"sĕl) noun [ Middle English conseil , F. conseil , from Latin consilium , from the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Confer Consult , Consul .] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
Matt. xxvii. 1.

2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.

They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
Hooker.

3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction.

I like thy counsel ; well hast thou advised.
Shak.

It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
Tennyson.

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
Ps. xxxiii. 11.

The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Prov. xii. 5.

5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid.
Gower.

6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel .

The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges.
Macaulay.

» In some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management of the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See Attorney . Kent.

In counsel , in secret. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. -- To keep counsel , or To keep one's own counsel , to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed.

The players can not keep counsel : they 'll tell all.
Shak.

Syn. -- Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.

Counsel Coun"sel transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Counseled (-sĕld) or Counselled ; present participle & verbal noun Counseling or Counselling .] [ Middle English conseilen , counseilen , F. conseiller , from Latin consiliari , from consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place.
Shak.

2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.

They who counsel war.
Milton.

Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb,
Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth.
Milton.

Counselable Coun"sel·a·ble (-ȧ*b'l) adjective [ Written also counsellable .] 1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [ R.]

Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he.
Clarendon.

2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [ Obsolete]

He did not believe it counselable .
Clarendon.

Counselor Coun"sel·or (koun"sĕl*ẽr) noun [ Written also counsellor .] [ Middle English conseiler , F. conseiller , from Latin consiliarius , from consilium counsel.] 1. One who counsels; an adviser.

Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor , or no?
Shak.

2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [ See under Consilor .]

3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.

Good counselors lack no clients.
Shak.

Counselorship Coun"sel·or·ship noun The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon.

Count Count (kount) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Counted ; present participle & verbal noun Counting .] [ Old French conter , and later (etymological spelling) compter , in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount , Account ), compter to count; from Latin computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure , and confer Compute .] 1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.

Who can count the dust of Jacob?
Num. xxiii. 10.

In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins.
Macaulay.

2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom. iv. 3.

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

I count myself in nothing else so happy
As in a soul remembering my good friends.
Shak.

To count out . (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [ Colloq.]

Syn. -- To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate .

Count Count intransitive verb 1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts ; accidents count for nothing.

This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen.
J. A. Symonds.

2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon .

He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice.
Macaulay.

I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages.
Swift.

3. To take account or note; -- with of . [ Obsolete] "No man counts of her beauty." Shak.

4. (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. Burrill.

Count Count noun [ French conte and compte , with different meanings, from Latin computus a computation, from computare . See Count , transitive verb ] 1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

Of blessed saints for to increase the count .
Spenser.

By this count , I shall be much in years.
Shak.

2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [ Obsolete] "All his care and count ." Spenser.

3. (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. Wharton.

» In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration . When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration , most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count , and all of them combined, a declaration . Bouvier. Wharton.

Count Count noun [ French conte , from Latin comes , comitis , associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Sanskrit i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

» Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses . Brande & C.

Count palatine . (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [ Eng.] See County palatine , under County . (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [ Germany]

Count-wheel Count"-wheel` noun The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

Countable Count"a·ble adjective Capable of being numbered.

Countenance Coun"te·nance (koun"te*n a ns) noun [ Middle English contenance , countenaunce , demeanor, composure, French contenance demeanor, from Latin continentia continence, Late Latin also, demeanor, from Latin continere to hold together, repress, contain. See Contain , and confer Continence .] 1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.

So spake the Son, and into terror changed
His countenance .
Milton.

2. The face; the features.

In countenance somewhat doth resemble you.
Shak.

3. Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.

Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance .
Ps. xxi. 6.

This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice.
Atterbury.

4. Superficial appearance; show; pretense. [ Obsolete]

The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.
Ascham.

In countenance , in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance , and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison. -- Out of countenance , not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance , because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance , to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

Countenance Coun"te·nance transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Countenanced (-n a nst); present participle & verbal noun Countenancing .] 1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason.
Sir T. Browne.

Error supports custom, custom countenances error.
Milton.

2. To make a show of; to pretend. [ Obsolete]

Which to these ladies love did countenance .
Spenser.

Countenancer Coun"te·nan·cer noun One who countenances, favors, or supports.

Counter Coun"ter (koun"t?r-). [ See Counter , adverb ] A prefix meaning contrary , opposite , in opposition ; as, counter act, counter balance, counter check. See Counter , adverb & adjective

Counter Count"er noun [ Middle English countere , countour , a counter (in sense 1), Old French contere , conteor , from conter to count. See Count , transitive verb ] 1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

2. A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve as counters reckon the days of the week.
E. B. Tylor.

What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it without counters .
Shak.

3. Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [ Obsolete]

To lock such rascal counters from his friends.
Shak.

4. A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the Counter .
Fuller.

5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. Knight.

Counter Coun"ter noun [ Middle English countour , Old French contouer , comptouer , French comptoir , Late Latin computatorium , prop., a computing place, place of accounts, from Latin computare . See Count , transitive verb ] A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.

Counter Coun"ter adverb [ French contre , from Latin contra against. Confer Contra- .] 1. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go .

Running counter to all the rules of virtue.
Locks.

2. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter .

This is counter , you false Danish dogs!
Shak.

3. At or against the front or face. [ R.]

Which [ darts] they never throw counter , but at the back of the flier.
Sandys.

Counter Coun"ter adjective 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.

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. [ Obsolete] -- 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 . (Medicine) Same as Contraindication . -- Counter irritant (Medicine) , 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 (Medicine) , 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 (Nautical) , 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.

Counter Coun"ter noun [ See Counter , adverb , Contra .] 1. (Nautical) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

2. (Mus.) Same as Contra . Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor .

3. (Far.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

4. The back leather or heel part of a boot.

Counter Coun"ter noun An encounter. [ Obsolete]

With kindly counter under mimic shade.
Spenser.

Counter Coun"ter intransitive verb (Boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.

His left hand countered provokingly.
C. Kingsley.

Counter Coun"ter noun -- Over the counter (Stock Exchanges) , in an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [ Cant]

Counter brace Coun"ter brace` (br?s`). 1. (Nautical) The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

2. (Engineering) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.

» 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.

Counter tenor Coun"ter ten`or (t?n`?r). [ Old French contreteneur . Confer Contratenor , and see Tenor a part in music.] (Mus.) One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.

Counter-tenor clef (Mus.) , the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef .

Counter weight Coun"ter ·weight` (-wāt`) noun A counterpoise.

Counter-compony Coun"ter-com·po`ny (-kŏm*pō`nȳ) adjective (Her.) See Compony .

Counter-couchant Coun"ter-couch`ant (koun"tẽr*kouch" a nt) adjective (Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

Counter-courant Coun"ter-cou·rant" adjective (Her.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Counter-paly Coun"ter-pa`ly adjective [ French contre-palé .] (Her.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged . Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure .

Counter-roll Coun"ter-roll` noun [ Confer Control .] (O. Eng. Law) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. Burrill.

» As a verb this word is contracted into control . See Control .

Counter-salient Coun`ter-sa"li·ent adjective (Her.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coat of arms.

Counteract Coun`ter·act" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Counteracted ; present participle & verbal noun Counteracting .] To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

Counteraction Coun`ter·ac"tion noun Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

[ They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principle or of stubborn partiality.
Johnson.

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