Definition of double

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Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much..

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Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..
Fluophosphate :: Fluophosphate (n.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.
Double-decker :: Double-decker (n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.
Macule :: Macule (v.) To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle..
Paltock :: Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.
Curb Roof :: Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof..
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..
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Borofluoride :: Borofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate..
Twin :: Twin (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
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..
Janus-faced :: Janus-faced (a.) Double-faced; deceitful.
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led..
Tetrazo- :: Tetrazo- (a.) A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen..
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone..
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Marseilles :: Marseilles (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France..
Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double..
Diplocardiac :: Diplocardiac (a.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary..
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