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Of thefe there are divers Kinds and Forms, us'd in the mand ; In which Cafe the fix Ranks are turned into twelve; peculation of Spirits, in order to their being exalted, and the Men ftanding twelve^ deep; the pittance between the Files refin'd as high as can be. See Circulation, Cohoba- t ion, Rectification, SSc.

Double Letter., in Grammar, a Letter, which has the Force and Effect of two; as the Hebrew Tfade, which is equivalent to the Latin y'and.S'; the Greek S, i£c. See Letter.

Thefe Letters are evidently equal to two ; And even.

being now double of what it was before.

Doubling a Cap, or ?oi«, in Navigation, fignifies the coming up with it, patting by it, and leaving it behind the Ship.

The 'Portuguese pretend to be the firft that ever doubled the Cape of good Hope, under their Admiral Vafquez de Ga- rnet : But we have Accounts in Hiftory, particularly in He-

when we pronounce the Latin 'Axis, or the Englifh Axillary, rodotus, of the Egyptians, Carthagemans, &c. having done w oive the x the fame Sound, as if it were wrote with two the fame long before them.

c Accis, Accillary, or a c and s, Acfis, Acfillary. double DOUBLON, DUBLOON, a Spanifh Coin, being the Tetters alone with the „, or s, include one of the Mutes. Double of a Piftole. See Pistole.

The Greeks" have three z s V : The Latins only two DOUBTING, the Aft of Withholding a full Affent from X and Z. And moil of the modern Languages have the ™Y Proportion ; on Suspicion, that we are not thoroughly

appnz d of the Merits thereof ; Or from our not being able peremptorily to decide between the Reafons for, and againlr. it. See Faith, Liberty, &c.

The Scepticks, and Pyrrhonians, doubt of every Thing : The Character of their Philofophy is, not to allow any Thing for true ; but to withhold the Affent, and keep the Mind free, and in Sufpence. See Scepticks.

The Epicureans truft their Senfes, and doubt of their

fame.

C Defiant, in Mufic. " \Feafi. I

Double <? Fever.

} Teuaille. I

XjTirae, in Mufic. Inftances of Double Children,

C Descant. ^Feast. Scc/Fever. JTenaille.

I £_TlME.

Double Cats, Double

•Pears, &c. are frequent in the 'Philofopb. TranfaM. and R ca fbn : * Their leading Principle is, that our Senfes always elfewhere. See Monster. tell Truth ; That they are the firft, and only Criterions of

Sir John Flayer, in the fame TranfaSions, giving an Ac- Truth ; and that go ever fo little from them, and that you count of a Double 'Turkey, furnifhes fome Reflections on the come within the proper Province of Doubting. See Epi- produflion of Double Animais in general. Two Turkies, he cureans.

relates, were taken out of an Egg of the common Size, when The Cartefians, on the contrary, of all Things bid us the reft were well hatch'd, which grew together by the Flefh. d ou l)t ourSenfes; They are perpetually inculcating theDcceit- of the Breaft-Bone ; but in all other Parts were diftincr. f u l n efs of our Senfes; and we are to doubt of every one of their They fcem'd lefs than the ordinary Size, as wanting Bulk, Reports, till they have been examined, and confirm'd by Nutriment, and Room for their Growth ; which latter, too, Reafon. See Cartesians ; as alfo Truth, Fallacy, ci>c. was apparently the Occafion of their Cohcfion.

For, having two diftincf: Cavities in their Bodies, and two Hearts; they mufi have arofe from two Cicatricula's ; and confequently, the Egg had two Yolks; which is no uncom- mon Accident. He has a dried Double Chicken, he allures us that, tho' it has four Legs, four Wings, iSc. it has but one Cavity in the Body, one Heart, and one Head ; and confe- quently, was produced from one Cicatricula.

So Parous mentions a Double Infant,

Doubting, in Rhetoric, a Figure wherein the Orator ap- pears fome time fluctuating, and undetermined what to do, or fay. What pall I do! "shall J apply to thofe I once ne- glected, or implore thofe •who now forfike me.

Tacitus furnifhes us a famous Initancc of Doubting, in thofe Words of Tiberius, wrote to the Senate. £>iiid firi- bam, P. S. aiit qitomodo fcribam, aut quid omnino non f crib am hoc Tempore, Dii me Deceque pejus perdant, So, Parceus mentions a 'Double Infant, with only one qncm perire quotidie fentio, ft fcio. Heart -. In which Cafe, the Original, or Stamen of the In- DOUCINE, in Architecture, a Moulding, or Ornament fant was one, and the Veffels regular ; only, the Nerves, and n the higheft Part of the Cornice, in Form of a Wave, half Arteries towards the Extremities dividing into moreBranches convex, and half concave. See Coiniche. than ordinary, produced double Parts. The Doucine is the fame with a Cymatium, or Gula.

The fame is the Cafe in the Double Flowers of Plants, See Cymatium, and Gula ReHia, and Imierfat occafion'd by the Richnefs of the Soil. So it is in the Eggs of Quadrupeds, iSc.

There arc, therefore, two Reafons of Duplicity in Em-

BOVE-Tail, in Carpentry, the llroi-.geft of the Kinds of

Jointings, or Aflemblages ; wherein the Tenon, or Piece of

Wood that enters the other, goes widening to the Extreme,

bryo's : 1. The Conjoyning, or Connexion of two perfect an d fo cannot be drawn out again, by reafon the Tip, or

Animals- And, 2. An extraordinary Divifion, and Rami fication of the Original Veffels, Nerves, Arteries, &C.

DouBLE-J^cfe, in Heraldry. A Crofs is denominated Double-Fichee, when the Extremities are pointed at each An°le • that is, each Extremity has two Points : In Contra-

Extreme is bigger than the Hole.

It has its Denomination from the Refcmblance the Tenon bears to a Dove's Tail.

The French call it Queue d'Aronde, Swallow's Tail ; which Name the Englijh themfelves retain in Fortification.

diftmefion to Fichee, where the Extremity is ffiarpen'd See Queue d'Aronde.

away to one Point. See Cross. DOVETAILING, in Architecture, is a Way of fattening

Leigh calls it Double Pitchy, which fcems to be a Mif- Boards, or Timbers together, by letting one Piece into an-

take. Gibbon expreffes it by an Q&agon&l Crofs, the two other indentedly, with a Dove-tail Joint, or with a Joint

Points whereof at each Extremity are parted inwards by a \ a the Form of a Dove's Tail.

fmall Space of a Line. By which it is diftinguifh'd from the DOWAGER, Dotiffa, (q_. d. a Widow endowed, of that Crofs of Malta ;

the two Points whereof proceed from a has a Jointure) a Title, or Addition applied to the Widows

third Point ; or

acute Angle between 'em.

of Princes, Dukes, Earls, and Perfons of Honour only.

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"double APoiiit, in the "higher Geometry. When all the Dowager. See Queen. right Lines tending the fame^Way, with the infinite Leg of DOWER, or DOWRY, by the Latins call'd Dos, is pro- anvCurve do cut it in one only Point, (as happens in theOr- perly the Money, or Fortune, which the Wife brings her Huf- dinatcs of the Carte/tan, and in the Cubical Parabola, and band in Marriage, to have the Ufe of it, during her Mar- in the right Lines which arc parallel to the Abfciffes ofHy- riage, towards fupporting theCharge thereof. See Marriage. perbolifm-Hyy/erbola's, and Parabola's;) then you are to It is otherwifc call'd Maritagittm, Marriage Goods. See conceive that thofe right Lines pals through two other Maritagium.

Points o'f the Curve, placed (as I may fay) at an infinite Among the Germans it was anciently cuftomary for the

Dittance. Which coincident Interfection, whether it be Husband., to bring a Do-wry to his Wife. Romanis non ill

at a finite or an infinite Dittance, Sir Ifaac Newton calls XJfu fuit Uxoribus Dotes retribuere ; idea Verbo genuine-

the Double Point. See Curve. carent quo hoc dignofcitur ; £? Rem ipfam in Germano-

DOUBLINGS, in Heraldry, are the Linings of Robes, or rum Moribus Mtratur Tacitus: Dotem, inquit, non

Mantles of State '• or of the' Mantlings in Atchievemcnts. Uxor Marito, fed Uxori Maritus ajfert. Spelman.

Sec Mantle anci Fur. At prefent, in Germany, the Women of Quality have but

Doubling' in a Military Scnfe, is the putting twoRanks, very moderate Fortunes. For Inftance, the Prince-ties of the

or Files of Soldiers, into one. See Rank, and File. Electoral Houfe of Saxony, have only 30000 Crowns : Thofe

When the Word of Command is, Double your Ranks, of other Branches of the fame Family, 20000 Florins : Thofe

then the fecond, fourth, and fixth Ranks are to march up in- of Srunfwic, and 'Baden, only 1500 Florins; beiides a Sum

to the firft third, and fifth ; fo that of fix Ranks they make for Cloaths, To;, s, and Equipages.

but three ' leaving double the Interval there was between Dower, is alfo us'd in a Monaftic Senfe, for a sum ot

them before : But it is not fo when they double the half Money given along with a Maid, upon entering her in lome

Files, becau'fe then three Ranks Hand together, and the Religious Order. •

three others come up to double them; that is, the firit, fe- In France, the Dowry of Perfons entering a Monaftery,

cond, and third, are doubled by the fourth, fifth, and fixth ; to make Profeffion of a Religious Life, is limited by Law.

or on the contrary. , That, e. gr. given upon entering a Monafterv of Carmelites,

Double your Files, direBs each other to march to that next Urfelines, and others, not regularly founded but eitabhlh d

to it on the Right, or Left, according to the Word of Com- fince the Year i<Soo, by Letters Patents, mutt not exceed the

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