Word Meanings - DOUBLE-CHARGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.

• DOUBLEDECKER
  A man-of-war having two gun decks. 2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]
• DOUBLETONGUE
  Deceit; duplicity. Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.
• Double-eyed
  Having a deceitful look.
• Doublethreaded
  Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• Double-tongue
  Deceit; duplicity.
• DOUBLETONGUED
  Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii.
• Double-faced
  Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.
• Double-tongued
  Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
• 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-acting
  Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
• Double first
  A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.
• Double-tonguing
  A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
• DOUBLEENDER
  A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.
• Double-bank
  To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

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