Doubling

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1. Verb form

of Double

2. Noun

The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

3. Noun

A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice.

4. Noun

The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

5. Noun

The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.

6. Noun

increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
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