Definition of double

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Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred..

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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..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil..
Redingote :: Redingote (n.) A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Organzine :: Organzine (n.) A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength..
Air Bladder :: Air bladder () An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus..
Twofold :: Twofold (a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument..
Alembroth :: Alembroth (n.) The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant..
Duplicate :: Duplicate (v. t.) To double; to fold; to render double.
Dynameter :: Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power..
Peony :: Peony (n.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation..
Doublehearted :: Doublehearted (a.) Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Double First :: Double first () A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.
Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..
Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder..
Fluophosphate :: Fluophosphate (n.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.
Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To overcharge.
Doubleness :: Doubleness (n.) The state of being double or doubled.
Ditrichotomous :: Ditrichotomous (a.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.
Quadruple :: Quadruple (v. t.) To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Alum :: Alum (n.) A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.
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