These are the meanings of the letters CNTEUOR when you unscramble them.
- Cornute (a.)
Alt. of Cornuted
- Cornute (v. t.)
To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
- Counter (a.)
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
- Counter (adv.)
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
- Counter (adv.)
At or against the front or face.
- Counter (adv.)
Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
- Counter (adv.)
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Counter (adv.)
The back leather or heel part of a boot.
- Counter (adv.)
The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- Counter (n.)
An encounter.
- Counter (v. i.)
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
- Counter (v. t.)
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
- Counter (v. t.)
A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
- 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.
- 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.
- Counter (v. t.)
Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
- Counter (v. t.)
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
- Recount (n.)
A counting again, as of votes.
- Recount (v.)
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
- Recount (v. t.)
To count or reckon again.
- Trounce (v. t.)
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.