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Organzine :: Organzine (n.) A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength..

Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.

Binocle :: Binocle (n.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass..

Dynameter :: Dynameter (n.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power..

Double-shade :: Double-shade (v. t.) To double the natural darkness of (a place).

Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Sextolet :: Sextolet (n.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter..

Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Dipyre :: Dipyre (n.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent..

Double :: Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles..

Double :: Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double..

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

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..

Reed :: Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.

Double Dealer :: Double dealer () One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person..

Female Rhymes :: Female rhymes () double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line..

Bassoon :: Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc..

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

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