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   Doublet (?), n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.]
   1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
   
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   2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
   
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   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.
   
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   4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a layer of color between 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.
   
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   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.
   
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   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”.
   
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   7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon.  Halliwell.
   
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   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.”
   
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