Word Meanings - RACKETT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
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- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - DOUBLEGANGER
An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley. - INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - DOUBLE
Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally - DOUBLE-SHADE
To double the natural darkness of . Milton. - DOUBLE-LOCK
To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler. - DOUBLE DEALER
One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - DOUBLEHEARTED
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys. - DOUBLETHREADED
Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun. - DOUBLE-ACTING
Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - DOUBLE-SURFACED
Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames. - DOUBLET
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. (more info) 1. - DOUBLENESS
1. The state of being double or doubled. 2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer. - DOUBLE-TONGUING
A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing. - DOUBLE DEALING
False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak. - WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves. - UNDOUBLE
To unfold, or render single.