The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.
3.
A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.
4.
The body substance of an angler's fly.
verb
Dub v. t. (past & past part. dubbed; pres. part. dubbing)
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."
3.
To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. (Obs.) "His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones."
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.
(c)
To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
(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.)
To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.
Dub v. t.
1.
To add sound to an existing recording, audio or video; often used with in. The sound may be of any type or of any duration.
2.
To mix together two or more sound or video recordings to produce a composite recording.
Dub v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs."
... got at the Army and Navy Stores; a small mincing machine (the only means of digesting a trek ox), and sparklet bottle and sparklets are very handy. Such other luxuries as cigars, cigarettes, pipes, etc., can always be stowed in some corner of the valise or bag. Carry brown leather polish, dubbing, and laces. ... — With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) - Journal of Active Service • Charles Richard Newdigate Burne Read full book for free!
... this oath, so publicly made, removed all his fears about a council; so inclined from this moment to yield to the King of France anything he might choose to ask, he took him by his left hand and made him a short and friendly reply, dubbing him the Church's eldest son. The ceremony over, they left the hall, the pope always holding the king's hand in his, and in this way they walked as far as the room where the sacred vestments are put off; the pope feigned a wish to conduct the king to his own apartments, but the king would not ... — The Borgias - Celebrated Crimes • Alexandre Dumas, Pere Read full book for free!
...dubbing it just another of the schoolmaster's lies. It brought forward a contradictory explanation given by Meilhan to one Thener, a surgeon, whom he knew to be in frequent contact with the son whom the document ... — She Stands Accused • Victor MacClure Read full book for free!
... only those who go abroad for their health who prefer a sailing ship, on account of the great length of the voyage, in allusion to which steam people call sailing ships "wind jammers," while the sailors retort on steamers by dubbing them "iron tanks" and "old coffins." There is no doubt that the picturesqueness of a sea voyage is quite destroyed by a steamer. There are no, or very few, regular sailors on board; so much of the work is now done by steam. There are no "chanties" or sailors' songs, which ... — Six Letters From the Colonies • Robert Seaton Read full book for free!
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