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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Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled..
Usance :: Usance (v. t.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance..
Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..
Curb Roof :: Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof..
Basso :: Basso (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places..
Double First :: Double first () A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.
Female Rhymes :: Female rhymes () double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line..
Chant :: Chant (v. t.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music..
Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair..
Primary :: Primary (n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
Fluophosphate :: Fluophosphate (n.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.
Doubleness :: Doubleness (n.) Duplicity; insincerity.
Peristome :: Peristome (n.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double..
Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..
Double :: Double (n.) Double beer; strong beer.
Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
Yataghan :: Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight..
Amphirhina :: Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double..
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