Definition of double

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

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Doubleminded :: Doubleminded (a.) Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
Semidouble :: Semidouble (a.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower..
Double Dealer :: Double dealer () One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person..
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
Double-decker :: Double-decker (n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof..
Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (a.) Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints..
Twifold :: Twifold (a.) Twofold; double.
Falseness :: Falseness (n.) The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word..
Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle..
Doublets :: Doublets (n. pl.) See Doublet, 6 and 7..
Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
Barouche :: Barouche (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat..
Double :: Double (a.) Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere..
Doubletree :: Doubletree (n.) The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached..
Bi- :: Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably..
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..
Double :: Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled..
Double-quick :: Double-quick (v. i. & t.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time..
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