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单词 doubling
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doublingn.

/ˈdʌblɪŋ/
Etymology: -ing suffix1.
The action of double v., or its result.
1.
a. Twofold increase, multiplication by two, duplication; †repetition (obsolete).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increasing in specific proportion
doubling1398
redoubling?1473
quadrupling1573
duplication1590
tripling1603
redoublement1611
sextupling1656
millecuplation1678
trebling1694
quadruplication1836
quintupling1862
sextuplication1935
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [noun]
doubling1398
duplation?c1425
duplicationc1430
reduplication1592
gemination1597
redoublement1611
conduplicationa1631
ingemination1644
duplification1821
duplicability1909
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxiii. 361 Reflexion and reboundynge and dowblynge of the sonne bemes.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. cij A Mechanicall Dubblyng of the Cube.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 221 To the doubling of his greefe.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 102 The rapid doubling of the population.
b. Brewing and Distilling. (See quots.)
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1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 266 They..use their next small Wort instead of the first Water for brewing Ale or more Strong Beer from fresh Malt, which they call Doubling.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Doubling. 1. The second distillation of low wines.
c. Music. The use by a single player of two (or more) musical instruments. Also attributive. (Cf. double v. 1h.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun] > more than one by one player
doubling1926
1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz ix. 198 Most of the players perform on many different instruments... Doubling is, then, the main strength of the jazz orchestra.
1927 Melody Maker May 435/2 There is no doubt that doubling is an advantage, but a player should certainly not try to play a second instrument until he is an absolute master of the one he normally uses.
1927 Melody Maker Aug. 809/2 A violinist anxious to learn a ‘doubling instrument’ quickly and easily.
1955 O. Keepnews & W. Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz iii. 40 The excess of instruments on these bandstands indicates how much ‘doubling’ a musician was expected to do.
1968 Melody Maker 23 Nov. 18 Most of those at the colleges were drummers who had switched to vibes as a doubling instrument.
d. The action of double v. 1d.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > doubling
alterationc1517
repetition1728
octave doubling1923
doubling1931
1931 G. Jacob Orchestral Technique ix. 81 Unison doublings do not help much..except in the case of high trumpet parts being doubled in unison by clarinets.
1947 C. Gray Contingencies viii. 146 The various doublings and divisis which are now the bread-and-butter of every orchestral composer.
2. concrete. The lining of a garment; esp. in Heraldry.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > drapery > lining of
doubling1572
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 79v In Armes it is called Ermyne..In Mantles (as M. G. Leyghe sayeth) they are called doblinges.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iv. 12 Doublings or linings of Roabes.
1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) i. iii. iii A Viscount's mantle hath two doublings and a half of plain white fur.
1809 J. Home in Naval Chron. 24 193 A mantling gules, the doubling argent.
3. Nautical.
a. A piece of timber fitted on to the bitts; fir-lining.
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Coussin de bittes, the fir lining or doubling of the bits.
b. The covering or lining of a ship with an extra layer of planking; the extra layer itself.
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1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage ii. 11 Such effects are very apt to follow the doubling of vessels.
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c. The double-seamed border or edging of a sail.
d. plural. That part of a mast between the trestletrees and the cap.
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1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 450/1 The lower part of the luff..laced..to the doublings of the mast.
4. Building. (See quots.)
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1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 966 Doubling, a term used in Scotland to denote eaves' boards.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Doubling..2. The double course of shingles or slates at the eave of a house.
5. The folding of any substance; a fold.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > action of folding
reduplication?a1425
foldingc1440
pranking1440
replication1538
convolution1597
rolling1601
fold1609
doubling1634
foldure1823
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. xiii. 43 Giving to every fold his proper naturall doubling.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 141 A kind of hem or doubling of the leaf.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 9 When you double-up your Iron..to make it thick enough..and..work in the doubling into one another, and make it..one..lump.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 128 The structure is so arranged by ramifications and doublings as to present a very extensive surface to the air.
6. A sudden turn in running; figurative an evasion, a shift; deceitful or tricky action, double dealing.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > moving with sudden turns
doubling1573
heading1607
redoubling1749
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > in action
double-dealinga1529
doubling1573
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 26 Your wurship mai the better conceive there hole dealing and dubling with me.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 584/1 Pestred with the doublings of Lawyers.
1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 40 When Hounds hunt a female Hare, she will use more Crossing and Doubling.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 31. ⁋8 Mean doublings to escape the pursuit of criticism.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 189 To trace all the turns and doublings of his course..would be wearisome.
7. attributive (various technical senses: see the verb).
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Clous des sabords, doubling-nails, to line the gun ports.
1774 Hull Dock Act 25 Doubling planks that may be wrought upon the sides.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 793 (Silk Manuf.) The motions are given to the doubling-machine in a very simple way.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

doublingadj.

Etymology: < double adj.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdoubling.
That doubles, in various senses.
1. Making, or becoming, twice as much; increasing twofold; repeating, resounding, echoing; †stammering (quot. 1629).
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [adjective] > stammering or stammered
wlaffinga1300
stammering1398
stuttinga1425
drotingc1440
stoting1567
maffling1577
hacking1583
stuttering1590
hackeda1603
doubling1605
hesitating1622
balbutient1642
hesitant1647
hesitatorya1734
hesitative1795
stammereda1858
stuttery1937
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > reverberating or echoing
rebounding1555
rolling1575
repercussive1604
doubling1605
reverberate1608
reparable echo1616
revoicing1631
reverberating1632
rewording1657
re-echoing1668
repeating1685
phonocamptic1694
echoing1702
anacamptic1706
anacamptical1706
reactive1712
rebellowing1712
redoubling1717
repulsive1744
reverberative1807
reverbering1822
reboant1830
echoy1841
reverberant1847
reboantic1853
verberant1864
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [adjective] > making or becoming
doubling1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 372 He makes the trampled ground..shake with doubling sound.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 29 Teares..whose violence deny'd Th'intended passage of her doubling tongue.
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 13 Heads having doubling Croches, are called Forked Heads.
1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 30 Thro' the big Dome the doubling Thunder bounds.
1787 T. Cavallo in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 14 Experiments made with those doubling or multiplying plates.
1801 Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 45 Doubling [= double-refracting] spars.
2. Folding, bending.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] > bending > specific part of body
doubling1633
1633 G. Herbert Longong in Temple i With doubling knees and weary bones.
3. Turning suddenly in running; figurative evasive.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving with sudden turns
doubling1581
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing
twifoldc897
doublea1340
twice-sworn1542
ambidexter1549
double-hearteda1555
double-faced1574
doubling1581
double-dealing1587
twi-faced1635
two-faceda1640
ambidextrous1646
double-headed1646
two-hearteda1656
ambidextral1665
twistical1805
twistifying1845
twistified1872
duplicitous1958
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 164 Deepe dissembling and dubling hypocrisie.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. iv. 197 The hindmost Hound takes oft the doubling Hare.
1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 17 With Steps revers'd She forms the doubling Maze.
1755 H. Walpole Let. 15 Nov. in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 415 Lord Egmont was doubling, absurd, and obscure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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