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A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

aving two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.

alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.

orrespondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart. I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. Sir W. Temple.

mersion, makes confirmation follow immediately upon baptism, administers the Communion in both kinds (using leavened bread) and to infants as well as adults, permits its secular clergy to marry before ordination and to keep their wives afterward, but not to marry a second time, selects its bishops from the monastic cle…

uillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.

To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

perly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one. Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak. Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon. There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustra…

A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.

to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.

The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

ates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.

An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

e of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

Division, under Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.