Definition of double

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Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction..

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Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair..
Bicorporate :: Bicorporate (a.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies..
Janus-faced :: Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.
Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder..
Quadruplicate :: Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Yataghan :: Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight..
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..
Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..
Toluid :: Toluid (n.) A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance..
Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..
Bi- :: Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably..
Diiambus :: Diiambus (n.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (/ / / /).
Double :: Double (n.) Double beer; strong beer.
Aurochloride :: Aurochloride (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself..
Janus-headed :: Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed.
Thiophthene :: Thiophthene (n.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
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