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Countercast
- - A trick; a delusive contrivance.
Countercoup
- noun - a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
Counterdraw
- - To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.
Counterfeit
- adjective - a copy that is represented as the original
- Fake
- false
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
- not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
Counterfire
- noun - fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
Counterfoil
- noun - the part of a check that is retained as a record
Counterfort
- - A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.
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.