4. The back leather or heel part of a boot.
COUNTER
Coun"ter (koun"tr), n.
Defn: An encounter. [Obs.]
With kindly counter under mimic shade. Spenser.
COUNTER
Coun"ter, v. i. (Boxing)
Defn: To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
His left hand countered provokingly. C. Kingsley.
COUNTERACT Coun`ter*act" (koun`tr-kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.]
Defn: To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
COUNTERACTION
Coun`ter*ac"tion (koun`tr-k"shn), n.
Defn: Action in opposition; hindrance resistance. [They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principle or of stubborn partiality. Johnson.
COUNTERACTIVE
Coun`ter*act"ive (-kt"v), a.