Dub

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A blow. [R.] Hudibras.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To confer knight.

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.

5. To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. Halliwell.

6. To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. Tomlinson.

7. 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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.