doublet

1. a. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. Source: opted

2. a. A word or word/words">words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. Source: opted

3. a. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. Source: opted

4. a. A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone. Source: opted

5. a. An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. Source: opted

6. a. Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets. Source: opted

7. a. A game somewhat like backgammon. Source: opted

8. a. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc. Source: opted

9. n. a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance Source: wordnet

10. A word or word/words">words unintentionally doubled or set up a secondtime. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance Source: ecdict

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