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n.; pl. Buttermen A man who makes or sells butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Countermen A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding. ] [ F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate. ] 1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. [ 1913 Webster ]

For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have you no countermand for Claudio yet,
But he must die to-morrow? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Countermarched p. pr. & vb. n. Countermarching. ] (Mil.) To march back, or to march in reversed order. [ 1913 Webster ]

The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A marching back; retrocession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A change of measures; alteration of conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such countermarches and retractions as we do not willingly impute to wisdom. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (Anat.) See Premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n. An intermaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Aftermath. ] The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Lightermen A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of two or more animals born into the same litter. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Petermen A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [ An obs. local term in Eng. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Quarter + master: cf. F. quartier-maître. ] 1. (Mil.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field. --
Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Slaughtermen One employed in slaughtering. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Term, n. ] (Anat.) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant (in sense 1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante. ] 1. An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Moslem deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. “And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [ Mahomet ] swore.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lesser part on Christ believed well,
On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women. [ 1913 Webster ]

This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh. Bale (1543). [ 1913 Webster ]

The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Termes. ] (Zool.) Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Termatarium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Watermen [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses. [ Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A water demon. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The business or skill of a waterman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]