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Composed of, or characterized by, dots.
Half-rotten; as, doty timber.
A customhouse.
An officer of the French customs.
A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.
Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.
a standard or set of principles governing conduct, which is applied more stringently or differently to one group of people than to another; -- used especially of standards of sexual behavior that condemn behavior on the part of women that is condoned or not condemned when exhibited by men.
Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
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.
Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
teh act of double-crossing; the betrayal or swindling of a collaborator or colleague.
one who double-crosses another; a person who says one thing and does another.
given to deception especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; as, they accused each other of double-dealing behavior.
A man-of-war having two gun decks.
To dye again or twice over.
Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. A locomotive with pilot at each end.
A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
Having a deceitful look.
Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
Having two hands.
Having two heads; bicipital.
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.
Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.
Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.
A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
To double the natural darkness of (a place).
Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of a/roplane wings or a/rocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
Deceit; duplicity.
Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
rendered twice as great or twice as many.
An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelg/nger.
two events, usually entertainment or sports performances, occurring immediately in succession or within a short time of each other; especially, two sports games played by the same teams on the same day, one right after another.
The state of being double or doubled.
One who, or that which, doubles.
badminton played with two players on each side.
Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
See Doublet, 6 and 7.
The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.
The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like.
In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.
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.
Capable of being doubted; questionable.
State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.
One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.
Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
In a doubtful manner.
State of being doubtful.
That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.
Undoubtedly; without doubt.
Unquestionably.
Doubtful.
A monkey (Semnopithecus nem/us), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.
Sweet; pleasant.
One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war.
Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness.
A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.
Same as Cyma/recta, under Cyma.
A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks.
Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.
Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding.
Easily molded; pliable.
Like dough; soft.
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded.
The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.
The quality or state of being doughy.
A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.
In a doughty manner.
The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.
Daughters.
Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.
Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.
A government by slaves.
The carrion crow.
Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa; A kind of millet. See Durra.
A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipithecus trivirgatus), with large owl-like eyes; hence, the common name owl monkey.
To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights.
One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.
To put out.
An extinguisher for candles.
A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf. The columbine.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.
A young or small dove.
Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable.
The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence.
To cut to a dovetail. To join by means of dovetails.
Like a dove; harmless; innocent.
a small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees, found in Africa, India, and Sri Lanka.
shortened form of the Dow-Jones Index or Dow Jones Industrial Average; as, the Dow rose 100 points today.
an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of specific stocks in certain categories. Three indices are maintained, the Industrials, the Transportations, and the Utilities. When used without qualification, the term usually refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30 specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the movement of American stock prices generally, though other indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks, and these often change in opposite directions from those of the DJIA.
Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.
A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.
One of the testicles of a hart or stag.
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
Like a dowdy.
To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
fastening by dowels.
That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
See Dower.
The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.
Same as Dowle.
A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico.
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