dub

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1. 1.To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. Pope.
2. 2.To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure.
3. 3.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. [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.
4. 4.To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.
5. 5.A blow. [R.] Hudibras.
6. 6.A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. Pope called?
• What is to clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure called?
• What is to make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl called?
• What is a pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell called?