Double
(Dou"ble), n.
1. Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.
If the thief be found, let him pay double.
Ex. xxii. 7. 2. Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and
blurred.
3. That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.
Rolled up in sevenfold double
Of plagues.
Marston. 4. A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice.
These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or doubles.
Addison. 5. Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith.
My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him.
Atlantic Monthly. 6. A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.
7. Double beer; strong beer.
8. (Eccl.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms,
instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. Shipley.
9. (Lawn Tennis) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.
10. (Mus.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.
Double-acting
(Dou"ble-act`ing) a. Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing
a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
Double-bank
(Dou"ble-bank") v. t. (Naut.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or
thwart.
To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.
Double-banked
(Dou"ble-banked`) a. Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in
twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.
