n. [ After + math. See Math. ] A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ]

n. 1. A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The watermark in paper is produced by bending the wires of the mold, or by wires bent into the shape of the required letter or device, and sewed to the surface of the mold; -- it has the effect of making the paper thinner in places. The old makers employed watermarks of an eccentric kind. Those of Caxton and other early printers were an oxhead and star, a collared dog's head, a crown, a shield, a jug, etc. A fool's cap and bells, employed as a watermark, gave the name to foolscap paper; a postman's horn, such as was formerly in use, gave the name to post paper.” Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) See Water line, 2. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]