Doubling nail

( Ship - building.) A nail used in the doubling or lining of the gun-ports in a man-of-war. Doubloon', n. [Fr. doublon; Sp. dublone; Port. doblao.] A gold piece coined in Spain. The D. of Isabella, coined since 1848, is of 100 reals, and equivalent to $5.16. The older Spanish D. vary in value from $17 to $16.20. Doubly, ( dub'ly,) adv. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree. "His right hand doubly to his left succeeds."-Dryden. Doubs, ( doobs ,) a dep. of France, on the Eastern frontier, separated from Switzerland by the Jura Mountains, is situated in Lat. 46° 35', 47° 31′ N., and Lon. 5° 42', 7o 4'E Area , 2,018 sq. miles. D. is traversed by the river Doubs, a tributary of the Saone, and is separated on the N.W. from the dep. of Haute Saone by the Oignon, also a tributary of the Saone. The surface is mountainous, but fertile in many parts, with excellent pasturage for a valuable breed of draught-horses which it po e es. The chief towns, after Besançon, its capital, are Baumeles-Dames, Montbeliard, and Pontarlier. Pop . 298,072. Doubt, ( dout , ) v. n. [Fr. douter ; Lat. dubito , from du bius , moving alternately in two opposite directions duo , two, and obs. bito , to go; also béto , perhaps from same root as vado , to go.] To waver in opinion or judgment; to be uncertain, or in suspense; to be undetermined; to fluctuate in belief; to hesitate; to demur; to question. To fear; to be apprehensive of ill; to suspect; to have suspicion; as, to doubt a man's honesty. -v. a. To hold in debt; to consider questionable; to deem uncertain; to question; to withhold a ent from; to hesitate to believe; as, I doubt his story. - To fear; to suspect; to apprehend ill of; to with hold confidence from. "More than you doubt the change."-Shaks. -n. [O. Fr. doubte; Fr. doute; Lat. dubitatio .] A wavering in opinion or judgment: a being uncertain; a fluctuation of mind respecting truth or propriety; uncertainty of disposition; suspense; unsettled state of opinion. "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose, the good we on might win." - Shaks. Doubler, n. The person who, or thing which, doubles. Double-shade, v. a. To intensify the shade of a - Uncertainty of condition. place or picture. "I am bound in to saucy doubts." - Shaks. by a cro , thus ☑, used to raise any note an interval of two tones. Neither double-flats nor double-sharps are ever placed at the head of a staff indicating the signature, but are only occasionally introduced in the course of a composition; for which reason no general staff signature is given to keys requiring more than seven sharps. Double-shining, a . Shining with double lustre. Double-shot'ting, n. ( Naut . ) When ships are engaged at close quarters, the guns are sometimes loaded with two, and even three, balls, when they are said to be double- and treble -shotted. By increasing the weight of metal to be discharged from the gun, its destructive power is considerably augmented at any short range. Double Springs, in Mi i ippi , a post-office of Oktibbeha co. Double-threaded, a. Formed of two threads twisted together. Double-tongued, ( dub'l - tung'd ,) a. Deceitful; false; making contrary declarations concerning the same thing; as, "the double - tongued Tyrians." - Dryden.