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DOUBLETS
Noun
doublets
plural of doublet
Anagrams
• doublest
Source: Wiktionary
Doub"lets, n. pl.
Definition: See Doublet, 6 and 7.
DOUBLET
Doub"let, n. Etym: [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.]
1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
2. (Print.)
Definition: A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.
4. (Lapidary Work)
Definition: A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.
5. (Opt.)
Definition: An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.
6. pl. (See No. 1.)
Definition: Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
7. pl. Etym: [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.]
Definition: A game somewhat like backgammon. Halliwell.
8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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