dub

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dubbed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His diadem was dropped down
Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

(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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. “Now the drum dubs.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blow. [ R. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Ir. dób mire, stream, W. dwvr water. ] A pool or puddle. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. ] (Zool.) The Syrian bear. See under Bear. [ Written also dhubb, and dub. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. dabbah. ] A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [ Also written dupper. ] M'Culloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, dubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The body substance of an angler's fly. Davy. [ 1913 Webster ]