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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..

Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Having two hands.

Macule :: Macule (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle..

Double :: Double (n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts..

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..

Catling :: Catling (n.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife..

Error :: Error (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.

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

Double First :: Double first () A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.

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

Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder..

Gastraea :: Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula..

Quadruplex :: Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.

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..

Double-banked :: Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart..

Quipu :: Quipu (n.) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events..

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

Double-ripper :: Double-ripper (n.) A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other..

Janus-faced :: Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.

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