Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COUNT, n.¹ [Fr. conte and compte; Sp. cuenta and cuento; It. conto. The Spanish has also computo, and the It. id.]

1. Reckoning; the act of numbering; as, this is the number according to my count.
2. Number. – Spenser.
3. In law, a particular charge in an indictment, or narration in pleading, setting, forth the cause of complaint. There may be different counts in the same declaration.