double-headedadj.
Having a double head or two heads, two-headed (literal and figurative). Of a train: running with two engines. Of an electric locomotive (see quot. 1905). double-headed shot: a shot consisting of two balls joined together. double-headed serpent or double-headed snake: a snake-like lizard of North America, having the head and tail nearly alike; hence formerly supposed to have two heads; = amphisbaena n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing
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doublea1340
twice-sworn1542
ambidexter1549
double-hearteda1555
double-faced1574
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twi-faced1635
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ambidextrous1646
double-headed1646
two-hearteda1656
ambidextral1665
twistical1805
twistifying1845
twistified1872
duplicitous1958
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns
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spike-shota1661
double-head1678
double-headed shot1678
partridge-shot1683
grape1687
burrel-shot1706
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angel-shot1730
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star shot1753
bar-shot1756
langrage1769
canister1801
stang-ball1802
chain1804
canister-shot1809
tier-shot1828
pot-leg1852
six-pounder1855
shunt shot1864
sand-shot1867
mitraille1868
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 Pinnes..such as shalbe double headed.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xii. 363 His favours are deceitfull and double headed, he doeth apparent good, for reall..evill after it. View more context for this quotation
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. e5v A double-headed-Eagle.
1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War 17 Double-headed Shot..are two Bullets fastned together, by a little piece of Iron, about half an inch long.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 10 This double-headed Government.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 222 The Amphisbæna, or the Double Headed Serpent.
1804 Naval Chron. 12 63 13 rounds of double-headed shot.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xvii. 317 His great double-headed axe.
1902 Daily Chron. 21 May 3/5 So heavy a train..doubtless..will always be ‘double-headed’.
1905 Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 8/5 The locomotive is double-headed, and controllable at either end, so that no turning is necessary.
1966 Times 3 Jan. 8/5 A double-headed express with 10 coaches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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