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. 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.
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. Halliwell. — To dub out(Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.