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

<hw>Dou"ble-head"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having two heads; bicipital.</def>

<cs><col>Double-headed rail</col> <fld>(Railroad)</fld>, <cd>a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.</cd></cs>

<h1>Doublehearted</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw>Dou"ble*heart"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.</def>

<i>Sandys.</i>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-hung`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.</def>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.</def>

<i>Tatler.</i>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-milled`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; <as>as, <ex>double-milled</ex> kerseymere</as>.</def>

<h1>Doubleminded</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw>Dou"ble*mind"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>double-minded</b> man is unstable in all his ways. <i>Jas. i. 8.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Doubleness</h1> <Xpage=447>

<hw>Dou"ble*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being double or doubled.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Duplicity; insincerity.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-quick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; <as>as, a <ex>double-quick</ex> step or march</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-quick`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Double-quick time, step, or march.</def>

<note>&hand; Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.</note>

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

<hw>Dou"ble-quick`</hw>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.</def>

<h1>Doubler</h1> <Xpage=447>

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