Definition of double

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Double (n.) Double beer; strong beer.

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Fist :: Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow..
Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl..
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..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
Ditrochee :: Ditrochee (n.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..
Tipping :: Tipping (n.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing..
Iceland Spar :: Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite..
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..
Diesis :: Diesis (n.) The mark /; -- called also double dagger.
Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..
Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..
Diplopy :: Diplopy (n.) The act or state of seeing double.
Dorking Fowl :: Dorking fowl () One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table..
Dipteral :: Dipteral (a.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple..
Biformity :: Biformity (n.) A double form.
Node :: Node (n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode..
Contrafagetto :: Contrafagetto (n.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon..
Semidouble :: Semidouble (a.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower..
Double :: Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length..
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