Word Meanings - DOUBLEBANK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.

• Double-ender
  A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end.
• Double-shade
  To double the natural darkness of (a place).
• Thwartingly
  In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
• DOUBLEEYED
  Having a deceitful look. [R.] "Deceitful meanings is double- eyed." Spenser.
• Double-entendre
  A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
• Thwartly
  Transversely; obliquely.
• DOUBLEGANGER
  An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
• Double-eyed
  Having a deceitful look.
• Doublethreaded
  Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• Pullicate
  A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
• Thwartness
  The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
• DOUBLEHEADED
  Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.
• Double-faced
  Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
• Double-tongue
  Deceit; duplicity.
• Pullman car
  A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman.

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