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

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

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..

Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..

Fuchsia :: Fuchsia (n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation..

Singlet :: Singlet (n.) An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.

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..

Double :: Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length..

Fold :: Fold (v. i.) To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold..

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..

Peristome :: Peristome (n.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double..

Biformity :: Biformity (n.) A double form.

Double-quick :: Double-quick (n.) Double-quick time, step, or march..

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 pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion..

Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led..

Undouble :: Undouble (v. t.) To unfold, or render single..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

Catling :: Catling (n.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife..

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