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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Doublet \Doub"let\, noun [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See {Double}, adjective]
1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
3. 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.
4. (Lapidary Work) 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.
5. (Opt.) 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. --W. H. Wollaston.
6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell.
8. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
doublet
noun: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "doublet": both, brace, cognate, couple, couplet, derivation, derivative, distich, double harness, duad, duet, duo, dyad, eponym, etymon, match, mates, pair, primitive, root, set of two, span, team, the two, twain, two, twosome, yoke
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