'Counter potent' definitions:

Definition of 'Counter potent'

From: GCIDE
  • Potent \Po"tent\, n.
  • 1. A prince; a potentate. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [See Potence.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned. [1913 Webster]
  • Counter potent (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches. [1913 Webster]