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Bread St., Wood St. and Giltspur St.; the Giltspur St. compter was the last to be closed, in 1854. (2) (From Lat. contra, opposite, against), a circular See also:

parry in See also:

FENCING

fencing, and in See also:

BOXING (M.E. box, a blow, probably from Dan. bask, a buffet)

boxing, a See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow given as a parry to a See also:

lead of an opponent. The word is also used of the stiff piece of See also:

leather at the back of a See also:

BOOT

boot or See also:

SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe, of the rounded See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle at the stern of a See also:

SHIP

ship, and, in a See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, of the See also:

PART

part lying between the See also:

SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder and the under part of the See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck. In See also:

composition, counter is used to See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express contrary See also:

ACTION

action, as in " countermand," " counterfeit," &c.

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