Dubl.

dubl.

Two of a sort together; one corresponding to the other; being in pairs; as double chickens in the same egg; double leaves connected by one petiole.

Twice as much; containing the same quantity or length repeated. Take double money in your hand. Genesis 43:12. Let a double portion of thy spirit be on me. 2 Kings 2:9. With to; as, the amount is double to what I expected.

Having one added to another; as a double chin.

Twofold; also, of two kinds. Darkness and tempest make a double night.

Two in number; as double sight or sound.

Deceitful; acting two parts, one openly, the other in secret. And with double heart do they speak. Psalm 12:2.

Dubl. Twice. I was double their age.

in composition, denotes, two ways, or twice the number or quantity.

To fold; as, to double the leaf of a book; to double down a corner.

To increase or extend by adding an equal sum, value, quantity or length; as, to double a sum of money; to double the amount; to double the quantity or size of a thing; to double the length; to double dishonor.

To contain twice the sum, quantity or length, or twice as much; as, the enemy doubles our army in numbers.

To repeat; to add; as, to double blow on blow.

To add one to another in the same order. Thou shalt double the sixth curtain in the fore-front of the tabernacle. Exodus 26:9.

In navigation, to double a cape or point, is to sail round it, so that the cape or point shall be between the ship and her former situation.

In military affairs, to unite two ranks or files in one. To double and twist, is to add one thread to another and twist them together. To double upon, in tactics, is to inclose between two fires.

To increase to twice the sum, number, value, quantity or length; to increase or grow to twice as much. A sum of money doubles by compound interest in a little more than eleven years. The inhabitants of the United States double in about twenty five years.

To enlarge a wager to twice the sum laid. I am resolved to double till I win.

To turn back or wind in running. Doubling and turning like a hunted hare.