See Also: Double-Hearty, Double-Quick Veggie Chili(recipes)
Double-Skate Double-Pole - Skiing(gambling)
Double-Stride Double-Poling - Skiing(gambling)
Double-Double - Lotto(gambling)
Double top(money)
double-dip(dictionary)
double lip(medicine)
double(2)(dictionary)
double act(dictionary)
double bed(dictionary)

double(2) (iou)



double noun. ME.
[Partly (in branch I) from DOUBLE adjective & adverb, partly (in branch II) from DOUBLE verb.]
I.
A double quantity; twice as much or as many. ME.
B. Jowett Ten, which is the double of five.
Hist. Any of various coins formerly current in France or Guernsey. ME.
a. A duplicate or copy of a document. LME-M18.
b. In pl. Twins. Only in L15.
c. An exact counterpart; a person who is very like another; a wraith. L18.
P. V. White Her reflection is a double that she has grown to hate.
A double person or thing identified contextually, as a double victory, a double century, a double event, etc. L16.
b. Roman Catholic Church (now Hist.). [Ellipt. for double feast.] Any of the higher ranking feasts. L17.
C. Mackenzie We are going..to keep the feast as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a double of the first class with octave.
c. Military. A double pace. Chiefly in at the double below. M19.
at the double in double time; transf. as fast as possible.
d. A double measure of spirits. E20.
e. A double room. colloq. M20.
Campanology. A change in which two pairs of bells change places. L17.
Printing. An accidental duplication of a word or passage. Cf. DOUBLET 4b. E18.
Music. A variation (usu. the theme with ornamentation) in 17th- and 18th-cent. music. E19.
An actor who takes two parts in the same performance. Also, an understudy. E19.
In pl. A game of tennis, badminton, etc., between two pairs of players rather than one. L19.
MIXED doubles.
A bet on two horses in different races in which winnings from the first are placed on the later one. L19.
twin double: see TWIN adjective & noun.
Cards (esp. Bridge). A call that doubles the value of the points to be won or lost on an opponent's bid. E20.
(A throw on) the narrow ring enclosed by the two outer circles of a dartboard, scoring double. M20.
II.
A sharp turn made in running by a hunted animal; a sharp alteration in the course of a river; fig. an evasive turn or shift in action, argument, etc. L16.
A fold; a folded piece of material. Now rare or obsolete. L16.