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

Ambidexter :: Ambidexter (n.) A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.

Diaster :: Diaster (n.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis..

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..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place..

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

Column :: Column (n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from line, where they are side by side..

Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

Peony :: Peony (n.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation..

Quadruplex :: Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.

Doubleminded :: Doubleminded (a.) Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.

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..

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..

Double :: Double (adv.) Twice; doubly.

Archilute :: Archilute (n.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison..

Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness; a twofold state.

Double :: Double (n.) Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like..

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..

Node :: Node (n.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode..

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

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