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the one not depending upon the other, the plea is ac¬ 
counted double, and will not be allowed ; but if they 
mutually depend on each other, and the party may not 
have the laft plea without the firft, then it fhall be re¬ 
ceived. Kitch. 223. And where a double plea that is 
wrong, is pleaded ; if the plaintiff reply thereto, and take 
iffue of one matter ; if that be found againfl him, he can¬ 
not afterwards move in arreft of judgment; for by the 
replication it is allowed to be good. 18 Ed. IV. 17. If a 
man pleads two or more matters, when he is compelled 
to (hew them, it makes not the plea double ; fo it is where 
two diftindt things are pleaded, which require but one an- 
fwer: and in cafe a man pleads two feveral matters or 
things, and only one is material, the other being furpluT- 
age, and needing no anfwer, the plea is not double. Hob. 
197. Where there are feveral inducements to a plea, 
they (hall not make the plea double: and double pleas 
are allowable in aflifes of novel difeiflin, &c. but not in 
other actions. jenk.Cent. 75. By 4 Anne, c. 16, it (hall 
be lawful for defendant or tenant in any adfion orfuit, or 
for plaintiff in replevin, in any court of record, with the 
leave of the fame court, to plead as riiany feveral mat¬ 
ters thereto, as he (hall think neceflary for his defence. 
That is, in fo many feparate and diftinft pleas, and where 
there are more pleas than one. By virtue of this ftatute, 
defendant is faid to plead double, by leave of the court. 
DOU'BLE-QUARREL, f. in ecclefiaftical law, is a 
complaint made to the archbilhop of the province, againfl: 
an inferior ordinary, for delaying or refilling to do juftice 
in fome caufe ; as to give fentence, inftitute a clerk, &c. 
and feems to be termed a double quarrel, becaufe it is 
moft commonly made againfl both the judge, and him 
at whofe fuit juftice is denied or delayed: the effedt 
whereof is, that the archbifliop taking notice of the de¬ 
lay, diredl-s his letters, under his authentical feal, to all 
clerks of his province, commanding them to admonifli the 
ordinary within a certain number of days to do the juftice 
required, or otherwife to appear before him or his official, 
and there allege the caufe of his delay: and to fignify to 
the ordinary, that if he neither perform the thing en¬ 
joined, nor appear arid (hew caufe againfl it, he himfelf, 
in his court of audience, will forthwith proceed to do the 
juftice that is due. Cozed. 
DOU'BLE-SHI'NING, adj. Shining with doubleluftre: 
Among the reft he there did take delight 
To fee the (ports of double-fiining day. Sidney. 
DOU'BLE-TON'GUED, adj. Deceitful; giving con¬ 
trary accounts of the fame thing.—The deacons muft be 
grave, not double-tongued , not given to much wine,- not 
greedy of filthy lucre. 1 Tim. 
l or much (he fear’d the Tyrians double-tongu'd, 
And knew the town to Juno’s care belong’d. Dryden. 
DOU'BLENESS, /. The (late of being double.—If 
you think well to carry this as you may, the doublenefs of 
the benefit defends the deceit from reproof. Shakcfpeare. 
DOU'BLER,/ He that doubles any thing. 
DOUB'LET,/. The inner garment of a man; the 
waiftcoat: fo called from being double for warmth, or 
becaufe it makes the drefs double.—What a pretty thing 
a man is, when he goes in his doublet and hofe, and leaves 
off his wit! Shakejpeare. 
They do but mimic ancient wits at beft, 
As apes our grandfires, in their doublets dreft. Pope. 
Two ; a pair.—Thofe doublets on the (ides of his tail feem 
to add ftrenglh to the mufcles which move the tail fins. 
Grew. 
DOUB'LETS, /. pi. The fame number on both dice ; 
thence alfo, a double meaning.—lie commonly (lurs every 
fourth or fifth word, and feldom fails to throw doublets. But¬ 
ler's CharaBer tf a Quibbler .—Among antiquaries, two me¬ 
dals of the fame fort; alfo two books, &c. of the fame fort. 
DOUB'LINGS,/ pi. Putting two files of foldiers into 
®ne. In heraldry, linings of robes, mantles of ftate, or 
other garments. In hunting, the turnings of a hare to 
avoid the dogs. 
DOUBLO'N,.or Doubloon,/. [French.] A Spanifh 
coin, containing the value of two p.iftofes. 
DOU'BLF, adv. In twice the quantity; to twice the 
degree : 
Haply at night he does with horror fhun 
A widow’d daughter, or a dying fon : 
His neighbour’s offspring he to-morrow fees, 
And doubly feels his want in their increafe. Prior. 
DOUBS, or Doux, a river of France, which rifes at 
the foot of mount Jura, paries by St. Hypo life, Clerval, 
Befanjon, Dole, &c. and lofcs itfelf in the Saone, near 
Verdun. 
DOUBS, a department of France, which takes its name 
from the river which paries through it ; bounded on the 
north by the departments of the Upper Saone and Upper 
Rhine, on the eaft by Swiflerland, on the fouth-weft by 
the department of the Jura, and on the north-weft by the 
department of the Upper Saone. Befan^on is the capital.. 
To DOUBT, v.n. [ doubter , Fr. dubito, Lat.] To quef- 
tion; to be in uncertainty.—Let no man, while he lives 
here in the world, doubt' whether there is any hell or no, 
and thereupon live fo, as if abfolutely there were none. 
South. —To queftion any event, fearing the worfl : 
Doubting things go ill, often hurts more 
Than to be fure they do. 'Shakejpeare. ' 
Sometimes with of in both the foregoing fenfes: 
Flave I not manag’d my contrivance w-ell, 
To try your love, and make you doubt /mine > Dryden. 
To fear; to be apprehenfive of ill.—If there were no 
fault in the title, I doubt there are too many in the body 
of the work. Baker on Learning. 
I doubt there’s deep refentment in his mind, 
For the late flight his honour futfer’d. Ctway. 
To fufpedt; to have fufpicion : 
The king did all his courage bend 
Againfl thofe four which now before him were, 
Doiibting not who behind him doth attend. Daniel. 
To helitate ; to be in fufpenfe ; to waver undetermined ; 
At firft the tender blades of grafs appear, 
And buds, that yet the blaft of Eurus fear, 
Stand at the door of life, and doubt to clothe the year .Dryd. 
7 o DOUBT, v.a. To hold queftionable ; to think un¬ 
certain. To think endangered: 
He from the terror of this arm fo late 
Doubted his empire. Milton. 
To fear; to fufpedt: •* 
You that will be lefs fearful than difereet, 
That love the fundamental part of ftate, 
More than you doubt the change of it, prefer 
A noble life before a long. Shakejpeare. 
To diftruft; to hold fufpeefed : 
To teach vain wits a fcience little known, 
T’ admire fuperior fenfe, and doubt their own. Pope. 
DOUBT, f. Uncertainty of mind ; fufpenfe ; undeter¬ 
mined ftate of opinion.—Could any difficulty have been 
propofed, the refolution would have been as early as the 
propofal ; it could not have had time to fettle into doubt. 
South. Queftion ; point unfettled.—Hippocrates com¬ 
mends the flefli of the wild fow above the tame ; and no 
doubt but the animal is more or .lefs healthy, according to 
the air it lives in. Arbuthnot. —Scruple; perplexity; ir- 
refolution : 
Our doubts are traitors, 
And make us lofe, by fearing to attempt. 
The good we oft might win. Shakejpeare. 
Uncertainty of condition.—And thy life (hall hang in 
doubt before thee ; and thou (halt fear day and night, and 
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