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Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..

Double-quick :: Double-quick (a.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march..

Double-handed :: Double-handed (a.) Having two hands.

Dittology :: Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text..

Furring :: Furring (v. t.) Double planking of a ship's side.

Blank :: Blank (n.) A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the double blank; the six blank..

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..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Double-shade :: Double-shade (v. t.) To double the natural darkness of (a place).

Oxanilide :: Oxanilide (n.) a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide..

Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.

Birostrated :: Birostrated (a.) Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks..

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..

Quipu :: Quipu (n.) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events..

Sextolet :: Sextolet (n.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

Double :: Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..

Violone :: Violone (n.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass..

Bipeltate :: Bipeltate (a.) Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

Double Dealer :: Double dealer () One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person..

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