Definition of double

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Double (a.) To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion..

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Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..
Quadruplex :: Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Redouble :: Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
Diplocardiac :: Diplocardiac (a.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary..
Geminate :: Geminate (v. t.) To double.
Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness; a twofold state.
Double :: Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites..
Zinco- :: Zinco- () A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively..
Ferricyanide :: Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.
Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle..
Doubler :: Doubler (n.) One who, or that which, doubles..
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..
Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
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..
Janus-headed :: Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed.
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..
Thread :: Thread (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted..
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
Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Strain :: Strain (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement..
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