contre-platine, n.f., (—-—s) screw-piece.
contre-poids, n.m., (—) counterpoise, counter-balance; balancing-pole; equilibrium.
contre-poil, n.m., (n.p.) wrong way of the hair or of the nap. À —; against the grain. Prendre une affaire à —; to take a thing in a wrong sense. Prendre quelqu’un à —; to shock, to offend, any one.
contre-poinçon, n.m., (—-—s) clincher, die (instrument).
contre-poinçonner, v.a., to stamp with a die.
contrepoint, n.m. (mus.), counterpoint; (nav.) double-rope attached to the clew of a sail.
contre-pointer, v.a., to quilt on both sides; to contradict, to run counter to; (artil.) to point cannon against cannon. — du canon; to direct a battery against another battery.
contrepoison, n.m., antidote, counter-poison.
contre-porte, n.f., (—-—s) double-door, baize-door.
contre-poser, v.a., (com.) to set down wrong, to misplace.