counterirritant

& s. A. As adj .: Acting as a counter-irritant. B. As substantive : Med.: An irritant application to the external parts of the body designed to diminish, counteract, or remove some other irritation or inflammation then existing. Such are rubefacients, perpetual blisters, i ues of setons, cauterizing agents, . IMG:content-1116.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1117.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1118.png:[blocks in formation] Shipbuilding: The ornamental molding acro a square stern at the termination of the counter. *counter-refer, v . i. To refer back. "They counter-refer to each other."-North: Life of Lord Guilford, i. 102. (Davies.) IMG:content-1119.png:[blocks in formation] counter-slope, s. An overhanging slope. counter-statement, s. A statement made in opposition or contradiction to another. *counter-strive, v. i. To strive against or in opposition to. counter-surety, s. The same as COUNTER-BOND (q. v.). counter-weight, s. A counter-balancing weight; a counterpoise. *counter (3), *cownt-ir, *cownt-yr, s . [An abbreviated form of encounter (q. v.).] 1. An encounter, a meeting. "With kindly counter under Mimick shade." Spenser: Teares of the Muses, 207. 2. A division of an army engaged in a battle. count'-er, *count-ur, v. i. & t. [COUNTER (2), 8.] A. Intransitive: IMG:content-1120.png:[blocks in formation] B. Trans.: To oppose, to encounter, to meet. "His answer countered every design of the interroga tions."-North: Examen , p. 246. ( Davies .) counter-ăct', v. t. (Pref. counter, and act (q. v.).] To act in opposition to anything, so as to hinder or destroy its effect; to act as an antidote counteracting the other half."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xi. count-er-act-ěd, pa . par . or a . [COUNTERACT.] count-er-act-ing, *con-tra-act-ing, pa. par., a. & 8. [COUNTERACT.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Lit .: Acting or working in opposite directions. millstones."- Smith : Portrait of Old Age , p. 88. "These have no antagonist grinders nor contra-acting 2. Fig .: Acting in an opposite direction so as to counteract the effects of anything. coun-ter-ac-tion, s. [Pref.counter, and action .] Action in opposition to anything so as to hinder or annul its effect; a counteracting influence. no leap could take place, were it not by a coun- teraction of the law [of gravitation]."-De Quincey: Works (ed. 1863), vol. ii., p. 115. coun-ter-ăc-tive, a. & s. [Pref. counter, and IMG:content-1121.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1122.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1123.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1124.png:[blocks in formation] "Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright." *A. As pa. par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : counterchanging coun-ter-chang-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. [COUNTERCHANGE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) ing. C. As subst .: The act of exchanging or alternat coun-ter-charge, s. [ Pref.counter , and charge , s.] A charge brought in opposition or contradiction to another.