Definition of double

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

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Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..
Cordonnet :: Cordonnet (n.) Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc..
Double-faced :: Double-faced (a.) Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer..
Double-headed :: Double-headed (a.) Having two heads; bicipital.
Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..
Platinochloride :: Platinochloride (n.) A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid.
Double-ripper :: Double-ripper (n.) A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other..
Reduplication :: Reduplication (n.) The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled..
Double-charge :: Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder..
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..
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..
Lenticular :: Lenticular (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Broadcloth :: Broadcloth (n.) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide..
Geminous :: Geminous (a.) Double; in pairs.
Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.
Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos
Monomphalus :: Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus..
Twifold :: Twifold (a.) Twofold; double.
Binate :: Binate (a.) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
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