1. Verb
To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
2. Verb
To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
3. Verb
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
4. Verb
To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;
5. Verb
To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
6. Verb
To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
7. Verb
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
8. Verb
To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
9. Verb
To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
10. Noun
A blow.
11. Noun
A pool or puddle.
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