DOUBLING

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

2.
n.

A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.

3.
n.

The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

4.
n.

The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.


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