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

Taplings :: Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..

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

Binate :: Binate (a.) Double; growing in pairs or couples.

Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)

Doubler :: Doubler (n.) One who, or that which, doubles..

Double-faced :: Double-faced (a.) Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.

Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle..

Yataghan :: Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight..

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..

Time :: Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen..

Contrabass :: Contrabass (n.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon..

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

Stannoso- :: Stannofluoride (n.) Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.

Double :: Double (a.) Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc..

Catling :: Catling (n.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife..

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

Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder..

Twofold :: Twofold (a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument..

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