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compter
/ˈkɒmptə/
noun 2
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1
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.
2
A prison attached to a city court; a counter.
Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
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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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Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.
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