double bar

1. Music : A sign formed of two single bars show. ing (1) the end of a piece, (2) the end of a move ment of a work, (3) the end of a portion to be repeated, (4) the commencement of a change of key, (5) the commencement of a change of time, (6) the end of a line of words set to music, as in a hymn tune. [BAR.] ( Stainer & Barrett .) 2. Needlework : A stitch used in the making of Macramé lace. [MACRAMÉ.] double-barreled, a. 1. Lit. & Gun.: Having a pair of parallel barrels on the same stock. 2. Fig .: Producing a double effect; serving a double purpose. "This was a double - barreled compliment. It implied that Mrs. Weller was a most agreeable female, and alse that Mr. Stiggins had a clerical appearance."-Dickens8: Pickwick , ch. xxvii. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0402.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0403.png:[blocks in formation] the first of three and the second of four bars in length. double-charge, v . t . To load or charge doubly, to overcharge. "Had he been master of good double - beer , My life for his, John Dawson had been here." IMG:content-0404.png:[blocks in formation] at certain parts, and cut apart subsequently, and so form a series of undergarments. In another form, the two webs are so knitted as to form a tube, being joined at their edges. At certain intervals, both webs are thrown into one flat web of double thick ne , and then again separated, forming a tube as before. The completed web is then cut apart mid- length of the doubled portion, and also mid-length of the tubular portion, and the result is a num- ber of bags with closed bottoms. double-compa , s. An instrument whose legs are prolonged each way beyond the joint, so that either pair may be used; when the legs on one pair double-concave lens, s. A lens both faces of which are concave. [LENS.] double-consciousne , s. The same as PERIODIO AMNESIA (q. v.). double-convex lens, 8. A lens both sides of which are convex, though they may differ in the radii of their curves, When the difference is as six to one, it is a cro ed lens. [LENS.] double-coral stitch, s . ticking work, and for ornamenting linen. It is composed of a straight center line, with long button hole stitches branching from it on each side in a slanting direction, and at even distances. ( Dict . of Needlework.) IMG:content-0405.png:[blocks in formation] which may be inverted thus- Canto fermo. The above is an example of double counterpoint at the octave , because the parts are inverted at this in- terval; but, when one part is transposed as well as inverted, it is called double-counterpoint at the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, ., according to the interval of the transposition. "As Moses' face was veiled, so is mine, Lest on their double - dark souls either shine." Herbert: The Sacrifice. IMG:content-0406.png:[blocks in formation] double-distre , s. Scots Law: A name given to those arrestments which are used by two or more creditors, in order to attach the funds of their debtor in the hands of a third party.