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Webster 1913 Edition
Dub
Dub
(dŭb)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dubbed
(dŭbd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dubbing
.] [AS.
dubban
to strike, beat (“dubbade
his sunu . . . to rīdere.” AS. Chron.
an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba
; cf. OF. adouber
(prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba
til riddara.] 1.
To confer knighthood upon;
as, the king
. dubbed
his son Henry a 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.
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.
Dub
(dŭb)
, Verb.
I.
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
“Now the drum dubs.” Beau. & Fl.
Dub
,Noun.
A blow.
[R.]
Hudibras.
Dub
,Noun.
[Cf. Ir.
dób
mire, stream, W. dwvr
water.] A pool or puddle.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dub
DUB
,Verb.
T.
1.
To strike a blow with a sword, and make a knight.Se cyng, dubbade his sunu Henric to ridere.
The King dubbed his son Henry a knight.
2.
To confer any dignity or new character.A man of wealth is dubbd a man of worth.
DUB
,Verb.
I.
DUB
,Noun.
1.
A blow. [Little used.]2.
In Irish, a puddle.