Possible Definitions:
1. Counter (v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
2. Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
3. Counter (v. t.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
4. Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
5. Counter (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
6. Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
7. Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
8. Counter (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
9. Counter (adv.) At or against the front or face.
10. Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
11. Counter (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
12. Counter (adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
13. Counter (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
14. Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
15. Counter (n.) An encounter.
16. Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
