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▪ I. † ˈdouble-head, n. Obs.
a. The double-headed snake.
b. Double-headed shot.
1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 700 The Grecians call this Serpent Amphisbaina..I have called it Double-head. 1635Swan Spec. M. (1670) 440 The Amphisbena, or Double-head. 1678Lond. Gaz. No. 1361/1 He..loaded his Guns with double head and round Partridge.
▪ II. ˈdouble-head, v. orig. U.S.
[Cf. double-header b.]
intr. Of a train: to run with two engines. Also pass., to be drawn by two engines. So double-heading vbl. n.
1904Delineator Sept. 374 A heavy freight train had double-headed up the mountain, and at the summit the leading engine had been cut off to run down ahead of the train. 1959Times 5 Oct. p. iii/6 The latest electric locomotives [in Switzerland] can haul 600 tons..over the steep gradients..without any double-heading. 1970Railway Mag. Oct. 541/1 The flying passage of a northbound express double-headed by ‘Black Staniers’. |