DUB
Dub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] Etym: [AS.
dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . to ridere." AS.
Chron. an 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr.
Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]
1. To confer knight.
Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.
2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. Pope.
3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure.
4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
(b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. Tomlinson. (d) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. — To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.
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Dub, v. i.
Defn: To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.
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Dub, n.