Word Meanings - SEXTOLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

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• PLAY
  quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G. pflegen; of unknown 1. To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot. As Cannace was
• DOUBLEGANGER
  An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• PLAYWRITER
  A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
• DOUBLE
  Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally
• PLAYTE
  See PLEYT
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• DOUBLE-LOCK
  To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• DOUBLE DEALER
  One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
• DOUBLEHEARTED
  Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
• DOUBLETHREADED
  Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• EQUALIZE
  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
• DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
  Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
• DOUBLE-ACTING
  Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
• DOUBLE-SURFACED
  Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.
• DOUBLET
  A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 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. (more info) 1.
• DOUBLENESS
  1. The state of being double or doubled. 2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer.
• DOUBLE-TONGUING
  A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
• DOUBLE DEALING
  False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak.
• MONOTESSARON
  A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
  A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• MEDAL PLAY
  Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.
• SPLAYFOOT
  A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
• HORSEPLAY
  Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
• SUBGROUP
  A subdivision of a group, as of animals. Darwin.