Counting
['kaʊntɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Count
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of counting your children, and they are merry and sweet-looking, denotes that you will have no trouble in controlling them, and they will attain honorable places. To dream of counting money, you will be lucky and always able to pay your debts; but to count out money to another person, you will meet with loss of some kind. Such will be the case, also, in counting other things. If for yourself, good; if for others, usually bad luck will attend you.
Typist: Louis
Examples
- I took my wages to my pillow, and passed the night counting them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He scarcely ever took a meal in the house; he lived in the counting-house. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was nobody visibly in waiting when Arthur and Mr Rugg arrived at the Counting-house. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I have not the power of counting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not counting the gypsy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Nearly seventy, I believe, answered Meg, counting stitches to hide the merriment in her eyes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There were light boxes on shelves in the counting-house, and strings of mock beads hanging up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When I called on you in the counting-house, when I walked with you on the pavement, did you think I loved you then? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thirty wagons also, counting two two-horse or mule teams as one, will be allowed to transport such articles as cannot be carried along. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The usual diligence and order of the Counting-house at the Works were overthrown. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And the Semitic nomads were closer to the earlier civilizations, a thing that fitted in with their greater aptitude for trade and counting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It stood on the threshold of the parlour there, then it passed to the counting-house, and wondered which spot was blessed by the presence of Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That is how the first method of counting came into use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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