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Double :: Double (n.) That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.

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

Double-lock :: Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.

Bilocation :: Bilocation (n.) Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.

Doubletree :: Doubletree (n.) The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached..

Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..

Link :: Link (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair..

Doubled :: Doubled (imp. & p. p.) of Doubl.

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Iceland Spar :: Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite..

Monomphalus :: Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus..

Dinaphthyl :: Dinaphthyl (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical..

Dipyre :: Dipyre (n.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent..

Double :: Double (n.) Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like..

Diapason :: Diapason (n.) One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like..

Quadruplicate :: Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.

Ranunculus :: Ranunculus (n.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors..

Ingeminate :: Ingeminate (v. t.) To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.

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..

Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness; a twofold state.

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