Definition of double

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Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.

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Diplopy :: Diplopy (n.) The act or state of seeing double.
Double-shade :: Double-shade (v. t.) To double the natural darkness of (a place).
Undouble :: Undouble (v. t.) To unfold, or render single..
Macule :: Macule (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle..
Doublets :: Doublets (n. pl.) See Doublet, 6 and 7..
Quinone :: Quinone (n.) A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type..
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..
Double :: Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites..
Marseilles :: Marseilles (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France..
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..
Link :: Link (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair..
Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..
Lenticular :: Lenticular (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Double :: Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much..
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..
Duplicate :: Duplicate (a.) Double; twofold.
Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..
Monomphalus :: Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus..
Turnbull''s Blue :: Turnbull's blue () The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian..
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