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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dub \Dub\ (d[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[u^]bd); p.
pr & vb n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat
(``dubbade his sunu . . . to r[=i]dere.'' --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.
Note: 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.
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