Definition of double

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Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..

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Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century..
Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.
Doubled :: Doubled (imp. & p. p.) of Doubl.
Ingeminate :: Ingeminate (v. t.) To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.
Hydrofluosilicic :: Hydrofluosilicic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting of a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See Silicofluoric..
Uniaxial :: Uniaxial (a.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction..
Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility..
Double-dye :: Double-dye (v. t.) To dye again or twice over.
Lenticular :: Lenticular (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
Bimetallic :: Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency..
Borosilicate :: Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc..
Toluid :: Toluid (n.) A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance..
Double :: Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms..
Duple :: Duple (a.) Double.
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..
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