Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DOUB'LE
DOUB'LE, n.
- Twice as much; twice the number, sum, value, quantity, or length. If the thief be found, let him pay double. – Ex. xxii.
- A turn in running to escape pursuers. – Blackmore.
- A trick; a shift; an artifice to deceive. – Addison.
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