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Word Meanings - ENFOLD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To infold. See Infold.

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  • DOUBLEGANGER
    An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
  • DOUBLE
    Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally
  • DOUBLE-SHADE
    To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
  • DOUBLE-LOCK
    To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
  • CONCEALED
    Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
  • DOUBLE DEALER
    One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
  • DOUBLEHEARTED
    Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
  • INCLOSER
    One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
  • DOUBLETHREADED
    Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
  • WREATHE
    1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular
  • TWISTING
    a. & n. from Twist. Twisting pair. See under Pair, n., 7.
  • DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
    Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
  • DOUBLE-ACTING
    Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
  • DOUBLE-SURFACED
    Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
  • SHROUD
    A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts. (more info) clothing; akin to Icel. skru the shrouds of
  • ENVIRONS
    The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.
  • DOUBLET
    A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. (more info) 1.
  • DOUBLENESS
    1. The state of being double or doubled. 2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer.
  • DOUBLE-TONGUING
    A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
  • WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
    A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
  • UNSHROUD
    To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.
  • UNTWIST
    1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. Wallis. 2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.
  • INTERTWIST
    To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
  • INCONCEALABLE
    Not concealable. "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T. Browne.
  • INTERWREATHE
    To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. Lovelace.
  • INWREATHE
    Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton.
  • SEVENFOLD
    Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.

 

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