Counterstep

An opposite or contrary step, or mode of action. "Their generals were... a sort of counterpoise to the power of Counter-stroke, n. A contrary stroke; a stroke re the people."- Swift. turned. -State of being an equal weight, or of being placed in the Counter-surety, n . Same as COUNTER-SECURITY, q. v. opposite scale of the balance. A weight which produces Counter-swallowtail, n. ( Fortif .) An out-work equilibrium. in the form of a single tenaille, wider at the gorge than (Mech.) A ma of metal connected with an instruat the head. "God made the country , and man made the town." - Cowper . -The inhabitants of any land, region, or territory; as, to appeal to the country . "All the country , in a general voice, Cried hate upon him." - Shaks. (Law.) A jury summoned, or to be summoned, from any district. To throw or put one's self upon the country, to solicit the suffrages of one's constituents; to refer to the decision of a jury. -a. Relating or belonging to the country; rural; rustic; bucolic; pastoral; -opposed to city ; as, a country life, a country house. "A country gentleman learning Latin in the university." - Locke. -Rude; ignorant; without becoming or refined manners; as, a country accent, a country style. -Pertaining or peculiar to one's country. "She... spake in her country language." -2 Macc. vii. 27.