Double-barreled
(Dou"ble-bar`reled or -bar`relled), a. Having two barrels; — applied to a gun.
Double-beat valve
(Dou"ble-beat` valve") See under Valve.
Double-breasted
(Dou"ble-breast`ed) a. Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons
and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
Double-charge
(Dou"ble-charge`) v. t.
1. To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
2. To overcharge. Shak.
Double dealer
(Dou"ble deal"er) One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
Double dealing
(Dou"ble deal"ing) False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing.
Shak.
Double-decker
(Dou"ble-deck"er) n.
1. (Naut.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.
2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]
Double-dye
(Dou"ble-dye`) v. t. To dye again or twice over.
To double-dye their robes in scarlet.
J. Webster. Double-dyed
(Dou"ble-dyed`) a. Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions
or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
Double-ender
(Dou"ble-end"er) n. (a) (Naut.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having
bow and rudder at each end. (b) (Railroad) A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.
Double-entendre
(||Dou"ble-en*ten"dre) n. [F. double double + entendre to mean. This is a barbarous
compound of French words. The true French equivalent is double entente.] A word or expression
admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
