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Double-lock :: Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.

Geminous :: Geminous (a.) Double; in pairs.

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

Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double..

Dinaphthyl :: Dinaphthyl (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical..

Borosilicate :: Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc..

Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..

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..

Lenticular :: Lenticular (a.) Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.

Twin :: Twin (a.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.

Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..

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

Equivocation :: Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead..

Double :: Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred..

Paltock :: Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.

Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..

Folium :: Folium (n.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy..

Twofold :: Twofold (adv.) In a double degree; doubly.

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