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Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair..

Equivocation :: Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead..

Archilute :: Archilute (n.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison..

Twin :: Twin (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.

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

Double Dealing :: Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing..

Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos

Double :: Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.

Gastrula :: Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea..

Double-decker :: Double-decker (n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof..

Double :: Double (n.) Double beer; strong beer.

Double :: 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..

Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..

Undouble :: Undouble (v. t.) To unfold, or render single..

Mackle :: Mackle (v. t. & i.) To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression..

Dispondee :: Dispondee (n.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

Ingeminate :: Ingeminate (a.) Redoubled; repeated.

Pink :: Pink (v. t.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx..

Conceptacle :: Conceptacle (n.) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles..

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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