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tripling
(encz) | tripling, |
Tripling
(gcide) | Triple \Tri"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tripling.] [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.]
To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble;
as, to triple the tax on coffee.
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tripling
(wn) | tripling
n 1: increase by a factor of three |
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stripling
(encz) | stripling,mládenec n: Zdeněk Brožstripling,mladík n: Zdeněk Brož |
tripling
(encz) | tripling, |
Stripling
(gcide) | Stripling \Strip"ling\, n. [Dim. of strip; as if a small strip
from the main stock or steam.]
A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from
boyhood to manhood; a lad.
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Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. --1 Sam. xvii.
56.
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stripling
(wn) | stripling
n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn:
adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen] |
tripling
(wn) | tripling
n 1: increase by a factor of three |
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