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Double Dealing :: Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing..

Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

Didelphic :: Didelphic (a.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.

Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

Pourpoint :: Pourpoint (n.) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians..

Double-breasted :: Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat..

Hem :: Hem (n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling..

Fuchsia :: Fuchsia (n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation..

Double-dyed :: Double-dyed (a.) Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain..

Superfete :: Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation..

Semidouble :: Semidouble (a.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower..

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

Double :: Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites..

Ferricyanide :: Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.

Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..

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

Basso :: Basso (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso..

Concavo-concave :: Concavo-concave (a.) Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Diaster :: Diaster (n.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis..

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