Word Meanings - BIPLICATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Twice folded together. Henslow.

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• FOLDLESS
  Having no fold. Milman.
• FOLD
  falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. 2.
• FOLDER
  One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
• TWICE
  see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- two, G. 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
• TOGETHER
  togædre, togadere; to to + gador together. *29. See To, prep., and 1. In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town. Soldiers can
• FOLDING
  The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more
• FOLDAGE
  See FALDAGE
• FOLDEROL
  Nonsense.
• MANIFOLD
  1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify
• EIGHTFOLD
  Eight times a quantity.
• INFOLD
  1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
• MILLIFOLD
  Thousandfold. Davies .
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• MULTIFOLD
  Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
• FIVEFOLD
  In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.
• FOURFOLD
  Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• BIFOLD
  Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak.
• SIXFOLD
  Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.
• SEVENFOLD
  Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.
• UNBLINDFOLD
  To free from that which blindfolds. Spenser.
• UNFOLD
  1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or
• THREEFOLD
  Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.
• TENFOLD
  In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated. The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold More dreadful and deform. Milton.
• SCAFFOLD
  An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace. (more info) F. échafaud; probably oiginally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, 1. A temporary structure of