Part 3414

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Double beer; strong beer.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Lawn Tennis)</fld> <def>A game between two pairs of players; <as>as, a first prize for <ex>doubles</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.</def>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-act`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; <as>as, a <ex>double-acting</ex> engine or pump</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-bank"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.</def>

<cs><col>To double-bank an oar</col>, <cd>to set two men to pulling one oar.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-banked`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Double-barreled, &or; -barrelled</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw><hw>Dou"ble-bar`reled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>-bar`relled</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.</def>

<h1>Double-beat valve</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw>Dou"ble-beat` valve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Valve</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-breast`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; <as>as, a <ex>double-breasted</ex> coat</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-charge`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To overcharge.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Dou"ble deal"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

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

<hw>Dou"ble deal"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>False or deceitful dealing. See <cref>Double dealing</cref>, under <er>Dealing</er>.</def>