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doublet
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doublet,dvojtvar n: Zdeněk Brož
Doublet
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Doublet \Doub"let\, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F.
doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.]
1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
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2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up
a second time.
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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.
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4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces
of crystal, with a layer of color between them, and thus
giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a
piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.
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5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope,
designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic
dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more
clear and distinct. --W. H. Wollaston.
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6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has
the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as,
to throw doublets.
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7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game
somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell.
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8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by
different courses from the same original from; as, crypt
and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and
garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.
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doublet
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doublet
n 1: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
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doublet
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doubletalk
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doubletalk,
doublethink
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doublethink,víra v protichůdné názory Zdeněk Brož
doubleton
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doubleton,
doubletree
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doubletree, n:
electric doublet
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electric doublet, n:
Belly doublet
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Belly \Bel"ly\ (b[e^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. Bellies (-l[i^]z). [OE.
bali, bely, AS. belg, b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly;
akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b[aum]lg, Dan. b[ae]lg,
D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir.
bolg. Cf. Bellows, Follicle, Fool, Bilge.]
1. That part of the human body which extends downward from
the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or
intestines; the abdomen.
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Note: Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were
called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen;
the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the
head. --Dunglison.
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2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to
the human belly.
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Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak.
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3. The womb. [Obs.]
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
--Jer. i. 5.
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4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in
protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the
belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
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Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2.
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5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the
convex part of which is the back.
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Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down
so as to cover the belly. --Shak.

Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a
girth. --Johnson.

Belly timber, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior.

Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly
(stomach or intestines). --Johnson.
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Double-threaded
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Double-threaded \Dou"ble-thread`ed\, a.
1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two
threads.
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2. (Mech.) 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.
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Double-tongue
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Double-tongue \Dou"ble-tongue`\, n.
Deceit; duplicity.
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Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair
before folk and wickedly behind. --Chaucer.
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Double-tongued
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Double-tongued \Dou"ble-tongued`\, a.
Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

Syn: deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, Janus-faced,
two-faced.
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Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
double-tongued. --1 Tim. iii.
8.
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Double-tonguing
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Double-tonguing \Dou"ble-tongu`ing\, n. (Mus.)
A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in
articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of
notes in cornet playing.
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Doubletree
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Doubletree \Dou"ble*tree`\, n.
The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the
singletrees are attached.
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Doublets
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Doublets \Doub"lets\, n. pl.
See Doublet, 6 and 7.
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