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  • English Word Double-dye Definition To dye again or twice over.
  • English Word Double-dyed Definition Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
  • English Word Double-ender Definition A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end.
  • English Word Double-ender Definition A locomotive with pilot at each end.
  • English Word Double-entendre Definition A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
  • English Word Double-eyed Definition Having a deceitful look.
  • English Word Double-faced Definition Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
  • English Word Double-faced Definition Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
  • English Word Double-handed Definition Having two hands.
  • English Word Double-handed Definition Deceitful; deceptive.
  • English Word Double-headed Definition Having two heads; bicipital.
  • English Word Double-hung Definition Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
  • English Word Double-lock Definition To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
  • English Word Double-milled Definition Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.
  • English Word Double-quick Definition Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.
  • English Word Double-quick Definition Double-quick time, step, or march.
  • English Word Double-quick Definition To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.
  • English Word Double-ripper Definition A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
  • English Word Double-shade Definition To double the natural darkness of (a place).
  • English Word Double-tongue Definition Deceit; duplicity.
  • English Word Double-tongued Definition Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
  • English Word Double-tonguing Definition A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
  • English Word Doubled Definition of Double
  • English Word Doublehearted Definition Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
  • English Word Doubleminded Definition Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
  • English Word Doubleness Definition The state of being double or doubled.
  • English Word Doubleness Definition Duplicity; insincerity.
  • English Word Doubler Definition One who, or that which, doubles.
  • English Word Doubler Definition An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
  • English Word Doublet Definition Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.