Definition of double

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

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Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century..
Double :: Double (a.) To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..
Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds..
Monomphalus :: Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus..
Twifold :: Twifold (a.) Twofold; double.
Double :: Double (n.) Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like..
Strain :: Strain (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..
Doubleness :: Doubleness (n.) Duplicity; insincerity.
Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..
Ditrichotomous :: Ditrichotomous (a.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.
Platinocyanide :: Platinocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.
Borofluoride :: Borofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate..
Run :: Run (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed..
Double :: Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.
Glyoxal :: Glyoxal (n.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid..
Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column..
Doubletree :: Doubletree (n.) The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached..
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