Definition of double

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Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction..

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Biformity :: Biformity (n.) A double form.
Macule :: Macule (n.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle..
Platinocyanide :: Platinocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.
Twofold :: Twofold (a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument..
Antherogenous :: Antherogenous (a.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower..
Double-breasted :: Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat..
Doubleness :: Doubleness (n.) Duplicity; insincerity.
Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.
Silicotungstic :: Silicotungstic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates)..
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures..
Quadruplicate :: Quadruplicate (a.) Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion..
Tipping :: Tipping (n.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing..
Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..
Double :: Double (n.) Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith..
Corona :: Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places..
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair..
Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..
Ingeminate :: Ingeminate (a.) Redoubled; repeated.
Doublets :: Doublets (n. pl.) See Doublet, 6 and 7..
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