Definition of double

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Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length..

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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..
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..
Time :: Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen..
Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
Diiambus :: Diiambus (n.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (/ / / /).
Double-tongued :: Double-tongued (a.) Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
Undouble :: Undouble (v. t.) To unfold, or render single..
Double-headed :: Double-headed (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.
Dupion :: Dupion (n.) A double cocoon, made by two silkworms..
Janus-headed :: Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed.
Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..
Close :: Close (n.) A double bar marking the end.
Pericardium :: Pericardium (n.) The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.
Countergage :: Countergage (n.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made..
Double Dealing :: Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing..
Bimarginate :: Bimarginate (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells..
Convolution :: Convolution (n.) The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself..
Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed..
Berthierite :: Berthierite (n.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
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