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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOUBLE-TONGUED

a.Making contrary declarations on the same subject at different times; deceitful. The deacons must be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Timothy 3:8.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOUBLE-TONGUE

DOUBLE-TONGUE Dou "ble-tongue `, n.

 

Defn: Deceit; duplicity. Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.

 

DOUBLE-TONGUED

DOUBLE-TONGUED Dou "ble-tongued `, a.

 

Defn: Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.