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Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end..

Quadruple :: Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.

Hydrazine :: Hydrazine (n.) Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc..

Double-eyed :: Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look.

Ambidexter :: Ambidexter (n.) A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.

Bipeltate :: Bipeltate (a.) Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

Double-ripper :: Double-ripper (n.) A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other..

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Folium :: Folium (n.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy..

Double :: Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles..

Dicephalous :: Dicephalous (a.) Having two heads on one body; double-headed.

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..

Dorking Fowl :: Dorking fowl () One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table..

Lorgnette :: Lorgnette (n.) elaborate double eyeglasses.

Binate :: Binate (a.) Double; growing in pairs or couples.

Titano- :: Titano- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc..

Double :: Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred..

Double-banked :: Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..

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