Definition of doubling

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Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

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Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
Hem :: Hem (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge..
Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..
Plait :: Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait..
Conduplication :: Conduplication (n.) A doubling together or folding; a duplication.
Fold :: Fold (v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication..
Single :: Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness..
Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string..
Double :: Double (n.) That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.
Duplicature :: Duplicature (n.) A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane..
Pliform :: Pliform (a.) In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling..
Gemination :: Gemination (n.) A doubling; duplication; repetition.
Crease :: Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced..
Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..
Crease :: Crease (v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling..
Plicature :: Plicature (n.) A fold; a doubling; a plication.
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