Doublet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doublet \Doub"let\, n. [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.
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     2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up


        a second time.
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     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.
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     4. (Lapidary Work) 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.
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     5. (Opt.) 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.
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     6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has
        the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as,
        to throw doublets.
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     7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game
        somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doublet
       n : a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "doublet":
     both, brace, cognate, couple, couplet, derivation, derivative,
     distich, double harness, duad, duet, duo, dyad, eponym, etymon,
     match, mates, pair, primitive, root, set of two, span, team,
     the two, twain, two, twosome, yoke