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Definitions for: Doubling [n] raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"
[n] increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
Webster (1913) Definition: Dou"bling, n.
1. The act of one that doubles; a making double;
reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare;
shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden.
3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or
escutcheon.
4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the
strength and flavor.
Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around
or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
Synonyms: double
See Also: card game, cards, multiplication, raise
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