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

Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..

Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.

Plaited :: Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful..

Taplings :: Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

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..

Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..

Convexo-convex :: Convexo-convex (a.) Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a..

Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..

Trona :: Trona (n.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum..

Column :: Column (n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from line, where they are side by side..

Double-dye :: Double-dye (v. t.) To dye again or twice over.

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct..

Reduplication :: Reduplication (n.) The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled..

Geminate :: Geminate (v. t.) To double.

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

Glyoxal :: Glyoxal (n.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid..

Dipteral :: Dipteral (a.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple..

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..

Redingote :: Redingote (n.) A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.

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