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Definition of doublet

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Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..

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In-and-in :: In-and-in (n.) An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.

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

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

Double :: Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.

Doubletree :: Doubletree (n.) The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone..

Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

Doublets :: Doublets (n. pl.) See Doublet, 6 and 7..

Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct..

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

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A game somewhat like backgammon.

Pourpoint :: Pourpoint (n.) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians..

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

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century..