double flowered (dublflou"erd)

Having double flowers, as a plant. double-dyeing (dub'l-di'ing), n. A method of dyeing mixed woolen and cotton goods, by double-footed (dub'l-futed), a. Diplopod: which the wool is first dyed with a color which has no affinity for cotton, after which the cot- ton is dyed with some color having no affinity for wool. double-eagle (dub'l-ē'gl), n. 1. A gold coin of the United States, worth two eagles or $20, or £4 2s. 2d. English money.-2. The heraldic representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the national arms of Ru ia and Austria. It is the ancient emblem of the Byzantine and Holy Roman empires. double-edged (dub'l-ejd), a. 1. Having two edges. "Your Delphic sword," the panther then replied, "Is double - edged , and cuts on either side." Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 192. 2. Figuratively, cutting or working both ways: applied to an argument which makes both for and against the person employing it, or to any statement having a double meaning. Double - edged as is the argument from rudimentary organs, there is probably none which has produced a greater effect in promoting the general acceptance of the theory of evolution. Huxley, Evolution in Biology.