DOUBLENESS
DOUBLENESS, noun1. The state of being doubled.2. Duplicity.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DOUBLER
DOUBLER, noun1. He that doubles.2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electrometer.
DOUBLET
DOUBLET, noun1. The inner garment of a man; a waistcoat or vest.2. Two; a pair.3. Among lapidaries, a counterfeit stone composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color between t...
DOUBLETS
DOUBLETS, noun1. A game on dice within tables.2. The same number on both dice.3. A double meaning.
DOUBLING
DOUBLING, participle present tense Making twice the sum, number or quantity; repeating; passing round; turning to escape.DOUBLING, noun The act of making double; also, a fold; a...
DOUBLOON
DOUBLOON, noun A Spanish and Portuguese coin, being double the value of the pistole.
DOUBLY
DOUBLY, adverb In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.
DOUBT
DOUBT, verb intransitive dout. [Latin, G.]1. To waver or fluctuate in opinion; to hesitate; to be in suspense; to be in uncertainty; to be in suspense; to be in uncertainty, res...
DOUBTABLE
DOUBTABLE, adjective That may be doubted.
DOUBTED
DOUBTED, participle passive Scrupled; questioned; not certain or settled.
DOUBTER
DOUBTER, noun One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.
DOUBTFUL
DOUBTFUL, adjective1. Dubious; not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating; applied to persons; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.2....
DOUBTFULLY
DOUBTFULLY, adverb1. In a doubtful manner; dubiously.2. With doubt; irresolutely.3. Ambiguously; with uncertainty of meaning.Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare.4. In a state...
DOUBTFULNESS
DOUBTFULNESS, noun1. A state of doubt of uncertainty of mind; dubiousness; suspense; instability of opinion.2. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning.3. Uncertainty of event or issue...
DOUBTING
DOUBTING, participle present tense Wavering in mind; calling in question; hesitating.
DOUBTINGLY
DOUBTINGLY, adverb In a doubting manner; dubiously; without confidence.
DOUBTLESS
DOUBTLESS, adjective Free from fear of danger; secure.Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure.DOUBTLESS, adverb Without doubt or question; unquestionably.The histories of Chris...
DOUBTLESSLY
DOUBTLESSLY, adverb Unquestionably.
DOUCED
DOUCED, noun A musical instrument. [Not in use.]
DOUCET
DOUCET, noun A custard. [Not in use.]
DOUCEUR
DOUCEUR, noun [Latin] A present or gift; a bribe.
DOUCINE
DOUCINE, noun A molding concave above the convex below, serving as a cymatium to a delicate cornice; a gula.
DOUCKER
DOUCKER, noun [See Duck.] A fowl that dips or dives in water.
DOUGH
DOUGH, noun Do. [G.] Paste of bread; a mass composed of flour or meal moistened and kneaded, but not baked.My cake is dough that is, by undertaking has not come to maturity.
DOUGH-BAKED
DOUGH-BAKED, adjective Unfinished; not hardened to perfection; soft.
DOUGH-KNEADED
DOUGH-KNEADED, adjective Soft; like dough.
DOUGH-NUT
DOUGH-NUT, noun [dough and nut.] A small roundish cake, made of flour, eggs and sugar, moistened with milk and boiled in lard.