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- English Word Doublet Definition A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
- English Word Doublet Definition 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.
- English Word Doublet Definition 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.
- English Word Doublet Definition 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.
- English Word Doublet Definition Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
- English Word Doublet Definition A game somewhat like backgammon.
- English Word Doublet Definition 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.
- English Word Doublethreaded Definition Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
- English Word Doublethreaded Definition 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.
- English Word Doubletree Definition The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
- English Word Doublets Definition See Doublet, 6 and 7.
- English Word Doubling Definition of Double
- English Word Doubling Definition The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
- English Word Doubling Definition A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice.
- English Word Doubling Definition The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
- English Word Doubling Definition The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.
- English Word Doubloon Definition A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.
- English Word Doubly Definition In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.
- English Word Doubly Definition Deceitfully.
- English Word Doubt Definition To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
- English Word Doubt Definition To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
- English Word Doubt Definition To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
- English Word Doubt Definition To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
- English Word Doubt Definition To fill with fear; to affright.
- English Word Doubt Definition A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
- English Word Doubt Definition Uncertainty of condition.
- English Word Doubt Definition Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
- English Word Doubt Definition Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
- English Word Doubtable Definition Capable of being doubted; questionable.
- English Word Doubtable Definition Worthy of being feared; redoubtable.