DUB

dub. Dub, v.t. to confer a title of dignity; n. a blow

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Dub (dŭb), v. 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. 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. 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. 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure. 4. 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. Halliwell. — To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.