Definition of double

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Double (a.) Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc..

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Double-headed :: Double-headed (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.
Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl..
Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..
Double :: Double (v. i.) To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.
Ferrocyanide :: Ferrocyanide (n.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.
Double-faced :: Double-faced (a.) Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer..
Quadruple :: Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like..
Double :: Double (a.) To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
Equivocation :: Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead..
Double :: Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles..
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century..
Zirconoid :: Zirconoid (n.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..
Dilogical :: Dilogical (a.) Ambiguous; of double meaning.
Double-hung :: Double-hung (a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.
Alum :: Alum (n.) A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.
Dispondee :: Dispondee (n.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
Dynameter :: Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power..
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