beak vs counter

beak

noun
  • A toe clip. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton). 

  • The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed. 

  • That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. 

  • A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. 

  • A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. 

  • A justice of the peace; a magistrate. 

  • The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. 

  • The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. 

  • The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. 

  • A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. 

  • cocaine. 

  • Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. 

  • Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land. 

  • A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. 

verb
  • To play truant. 

  • Seize with the beak. 

  • Strike with the beak. 

counter

noun
  • The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot). 

  • A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator. 

  • The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. 

  • In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin. 

  • The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph. 

  • Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones. 

  • A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured. 

  • The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. 

  • In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation. 

  • An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. 

  • A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted 

  • Something opposite or contrary to something else. 

  • The prison attached to a city court; a compter. 

  • A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count. 

  • A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. 

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

  • A hit counter. 

  • One who counts. 

  • A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent. 

verb
  • To contradict, oppose. 

  • To take action in response to; to respond. 

  • To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. 

adv
  • Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction. 

  • In the wrong way; contrary to the right course. 

adj
  • Contrary or opposing 

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