Council of Nice
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These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Council of Nice, Counsel, Count.
Counsel
in English law, a counselor-advocate in a trial; also the whole number of advocates engaged on any side collectively. King's Counsel are barristers appointed counsel to the Crown by the Lord Chancellor, and take precedence of other barristers. They have the privilege of wearing a silk gown, that of an ordinary barrister being of stuff. In the United States the word counsel is applied indiscriminately to all members of the legal profession retained in a cause; as, the counsel for the plaintiff, the counsel for the defendant.
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Count
in spinning, the number given to thread or yarn to indicate the fineness. A "hank" of cotton contains 840 yards; when 60 such hanks are required for a pound, the thread is No. 60; if 80 hanks make a pound, it is No. 80, etc. The count of spun silk is made in the same way. The count of reel silk is based upon the number of thousands of yards to the ounce; the count of worsted yarn, upon the number of hanks, each containing 560 yards, to the pound. The count of woollen yarns varies, but is usually based upon the number of thousands of yards to the pound. The count of linen yarn is based upon the number of "leas," each containing 300 yards, to the pound.
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Count
a title of nobility in most of the continental states of Europe, equivalent in rank to the British earl and the German graf. Under the first two races of the Frank kings, the title was given to officers of various degrees, and was at first attached to the office, and not the person; but in the progress of time, when feudalism had introduced inheritance instead of election as a fixed rule in succession, it became subject to the same law as the higher titles of kings and dukes, and conferred hereditary privileges on its possessor. The term count has in most of the states where it is in use degenerated into a mere title, to which no political importance is attached. Though the title has never been introduced into England, the wives of earls have from the earliest period of its history been designated as countesses.
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Counter Balance
A mass of metal placed on the opposite side of a wheel to that to which a crank is attached to compensate for the weight of the latter.
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Counter Charms
Charms employed to counteract the effect of other charms. When magicians wish to disenchant animals they sprinkle salt in a porringer with some blood from one of the bewitched creatures, and repeat certain formulæ for nine days.
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Counter-Irritant
an irritant application n 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, issues of setons, cauterizing agents.
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Counter-Tenor
the highest adult male voice, the same as alto.
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Counterfeit
to imitate, with the intention of deceit, the current medium of exchange or money of a country. In the United States, the crime of counterfeiting paper-money is punishable up to 15 years' hard labor, and a fine of $15, 000; large coin, 10 years and $5,000 fine; minor coin, 5 years and $1,000 fine. Forging postal money orders, postal cards, government stamps of all kinds, and government securities, as also importing, possessing, or uttering false coins or notes with fraudulent intent are crimes punishable up to 10 years' hard labor. Mutilating and debasing the coin is also counterfeiting, but is not so severely punished as the making of counver terfeit coins.
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Countermark
A mark attached to gold and silver-ware of English make to attest its standard. See Hall Mark.
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Counterpoint
in music, a term equivalent to harmony or the writing of a carefully planned accompanying part; or that branch of the art which, a musical thought being given, teaches the development of it, by extension or embellishment, by transposition, repetition, or imitation throughout the different parts. Counterpoint is divided into simple, florid or figurate, and double. Simple counterpoint is a composition in two or more parts, the notes of each part being equal in value to those of each corresponding part or parts and concords. In florid counterpoint, two or more notes are writen against each note of the subject, or canto-fermo, and discords are admissible. Double counterpoint is an inversion of the par parts, so that the base may become the subject, and the subject the base, etc., thus producing new melodies and new harmonies.
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Countershaft
A short shafting mounted on two uprights, used extensively by American watch-makers. It is indispensable in using milling tools, wheel cutters, and pivot polishers. Fig. 99 illustrates one of several patterns of countershafts used by watchmakers. In some of the patterns the uprights extend through the top of the bench and are held firmly in place by means of nuts or thumb screws. The pattern shown in the illustration is mounted on a solid metal base which can be fastened to the bench by means of screws. The advantages of using a countershaft are three fold; first, you are able to regulate your speed perfectly; second, your belt is carried to the back of the bench, where it is out of the way, instead of coming down in front of the head; third, you obviate the necessity of having holes in your bench on each side of the lathe, that small articles may drop through.
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Countersign
in military affairs, is a watch-word used to prevent unauthorized persons passing a line of sentries whose orders are to stop anyone unable to give it. It is fixed each day by the commanding officer, but may be changed at any moment, if necessary.
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Counting Glass
a magnifying glass used for the purpose of counting the threads in the warp or woof of woven fabrics. The magnifying glass or lens, usually small, is fixed in a small frame which is hinged to an upright. The upright is in turn hinged to a footpiece in which there is a square opening, one-fourth of an inch to an inch square. The three pieces of the instrument can thus be folded together and carried in the pocket. By the aid of the glass, it is an easy matter to count the number of threads crossing the square. The glass for counting threads in linen is called a Belfast linen prover.
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