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Double-beat Valve :: Double-beat valve () See under Valve.

Turnbull''s Blue :: Turnbull's blue () The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian..

Contrafagetto :: Contrafagetto (n.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon..

Oboe :: Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy..

Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.

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..

Janus-headed :: Janus-headed (a.) Double-headed.

Plaited :: Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful..

Benzile :: Benzile (n.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical..

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

Duple :: Duple (a.) Double.

Sea Cocoa :: Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut..

Barrelled :: Barrelled (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun..

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

Double :: Double (a.) To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion..

Diplopy :: Diplopy (n.) The act or state of seeing double.

Link :: Link (n.) Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair..

Didelphic :: Didelphic (a.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.

Doublets :: Doublets (n. pl.) See Doublet, 6 and 7..

Clarinet :: Clarinet (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band..

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