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