Dub (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] [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.
⇒ 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
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Halliwell. (c)
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it
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Tomlinson. (d)
To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles
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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.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
"Now the drum
dubs."
Beau. & Fl.
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Dub, n.
A blow.
[R.]
Hudibras.
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Dub, n. [Cf. Ir. dob mire, stream, W. dwvr water.]
A pool or puddle.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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