What does compter mean?
Compter means (obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count)..
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/ˈkɒmptə/ · noun
(obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count)..
Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.
Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
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Compter means (obsolete) A counter (token used for keeping count)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, what comes the wool to? […] I cannot do't without compters.
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