the menage, is the defense or resistance of a horse that interrupts his cadence, and the measure of his menage, occasioned either by a bad horseman, or by the malice of the horse.

Counter, is also the name of a counting-board in a shop, and of a piece of metal with a stamp on it, used in playing at cards.

Counter of a Horse, that part of a horse's forehand which lies between the shoulders and under the neck.

Counters in a Ship, are two. 1. The hollow arching from the gallery to the lower part of the straight piece of the stern, is called the upper-counter. 2. The lower-counter is between the transom and the lower part of the gallery.

Counter, is also the name of two prisons in the city of London, viz. the Poultry and Woodfreet.