Word Meanings - DOUBLEENTENDRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

• Double-lock
  To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
• Expressional
  Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment.
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• DOUBLEEYED
  Having a deceitful look. [R.] "Deceitful meanings is double- eyed." Spenser.
• Double-breasted
  Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
• Double-milled
  Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.
• Expressionless
  Destitute of expression.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• DOUBLEGANGER
  An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
• Double-charge
  To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
• Double dealer
  One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person.
• Doubleminded
  Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
• Indelicate
  Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
• ADMITTEDADMITTEDLY
  Received as true or valid; acknowledged. -- Ad*mit"ted*ly adv.
• 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 dealing
  False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing.
• Doubleness
  The state of being double or doubled.
• Interpretation
  The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.
• DOUBLEACTING
  Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

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