doublet

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DOUBLET, noun 1. The inner garment of a man; a waistcoat or vest. 2. Two; a pair. 3. Among lapidaries, a counterfeit stone composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color between them, so that they have the same appearance as if the whole substance of the crystal were colored.
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