Part 3413

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; <as>as, to <ex>double</ex> the leaf of a book, and the like</as>; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by <i>up</i>; <as>as, to <ex>double</ex> up a sheet of paper or cloth</as>.</def><-- also double over -->

<i>Prior.</i>

<blockquote>Then the old man Was wroth, and <b>doubled</b> up his hands. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.</def>

<blockquote>Thus re\'89nforced, against the adverse fleet, Still <b>doubling</b> ours, brave Rupert leads the way. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.</def>

<blockquote>Sailing along the coast, the <b>doubled</b> the promontory of Carthage. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.</def>

<h1>Double</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw>Dou"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.</def>

<blockquote>'T is observed in particular nations, that within the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men <b>doubles</b>. <i>T. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction.</def>

<blockquote><b>Doubling</b> and turning like a hunted hare. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Doubling</b> and <b>doubling</b> with laborious walk. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.</def>

<blockquote>What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to <b>double</b>. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.</def>

<cs><col>To double upon</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>to inclose between two fires.</cd></cs>

<h1>Double</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw>Dou"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.</def>

<blockquote>If the thief be found, let him pay <b>double</b>. <i>Ex. xxii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Among compositors, a doublet (see <er>Doublet</er>, <p><b>2.</b>); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.</def>

<blockquote>Rolled up in sevenfold <b>double</b> Of plagues. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice.</def>

<blockquote>These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or <b>doubles</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith.</def>

<blockquote>My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a <b>double</b>, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. <i>Atlantic Monthly.</i></blockquote>