Word Meanings - DOUBLETONGUE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Deceit; duplicity. Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.
- Double-headed
Having two heads; bicipital. - Doubletree
The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached. - Tongue-shell
Any species of Lingula. - DOUBLEDYE
To dye again or twice over. To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster. - DOUBLETONGUED
Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. - Double-banked
Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart. - Doublehearted
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. - Tonguester
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. - DOUBLEDYED
Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain. - DOUBLETONGUING
A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing. - Double-barreled
Alt. of -barrelled - Double-beat valve
See under Valve. - Double-hung
Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window. - Duplicity
Doubleness; a twofold state. - Tongue-tie
Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. - DOUBLEENDER
A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight. - TONGUEPAD
A great talker. [Obs.] - Double-breasted
Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
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