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单词 doubler
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doublern.1

Brit. /ˈdʌblə/, U.S. /ˈdəblər/
Forms: Middle English dobler(e, dobeler(e, dub(b)lar, Middle English dobbler, dowbler, Scottish dibler, Middle English– doubler, dubler, (1800s dialect dibbler).
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman dobler, dubler, = Old French doblier , doublier a kind of dish, also, a liquid measure, napkin, towel, bag, satchel < Latin duplārium liquid measure, bag, purse, < duplus double n.: see -arium suffix.
Now only dialect.
A large plate or dish.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > large
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1146 A bassyn, a bolle..A dysche oþer a dobler.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xxxix. 79 He þat wyth me putteþ hys honde in to þe dych or dobler.
14.. Laws of Four Burghs cxxv. §3 (Jam.) The heir sall haue..ane dish, ane dibler, ane charger, ane cuippie.
1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 198 ij brasse potts, iiij puder dublers.
1691 J. Ray Catal. N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 134 A Dubler or Doubler, a Platter or Dish. Vox per magnam Anglia partem diffusa.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 50 Dubbler, a deep earthen dish or platter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

doublern.2

Brit. /ˈdʌblə/, U.S. /ˈdəblər/
Forms: see double adj.1
Etymology: < double v. + -er suffix1; compare French doubleur , probably the immediate source of the technical sense 3a.
1. One who, or that which, makes double.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [noun] > one who or that which
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dowbler, duplicator.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 105 The doubler of thy gaine.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 168 One sorte of repetition, which we call the doubler..a speedie iteration of one word, but with some little intermission.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding i. 7 Plates, which..served as doublers to the main flat keel.
2. A double-dealer: cf. double v. 11. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > a double-dealer
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1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 130v Gylefull, craftie, foxlike, and a verie dubbler.
3. Technical senses.
a. A person employed in doubling (see double v. 7); also, a machine for doubling cotton or silk.
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1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 15 §6 Silk-winder and Doubler.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6187/4 Elizabeth Faulkner..Silk-Doubler.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6189/4 Katharine Jackson..Worsted-Doubler.
1879 J. Robertson in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 209/1 Carding engines, lap-machines or doublers.
b. An electrical apparatus: see quot. 1788.
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1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 8 It is Mr. Bennet's doubler that was intended..to multiply, by repeated doubling, a small, and otherwise unperceivable, quantity of electricity, till it became sufficient to affect an electrometer, to give sparks, etc.
1794 Read in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 266 When I employ the doubler to investigate atmospheric electricity.
1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 294 By means of the revolving doubler..Volta succeeded in developing..an electrification capable of affecting his electrometer.
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c. Calico-printing. ‘A blanket or felt placed between the cloth to be printed and the printing-table or cylinder’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.).
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d. Distilling. A part or appendage of a still, for intercepting and returning the less volatile vapours to be re-distilled.
4. slang. A blow that ‘doubles up’ a person.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > that doubles a person up
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1812 Sporting Mag. 39 187 Penton was..grounded by a doubler on the left side.
5. New Zealand slang. (See quot. 1871.)
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1871 C. L. Money Knocking about in N.Z. x. 141 [We] were served out with a ‘doubler’, or two lots of grog in one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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