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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His diadem was dropped down <b>Dubbed</b> with stones. <i>Morte d'Arthure.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: <sd>(a)</sd> To dress with an adz; <as>as, to <ex>dub</ex> a stick of timber smooth</as>.</def>

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<sd>(b)</sd> <def>To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap</def>. <i>Halliwell</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it</def>. <i>Tomlinson</i>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles</def>.

<cs><col>To dub a fly</col>, <cd>to dress a fishing fly. <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <i>Halliwell</i>.</cd> -- <col>To dub out</col> <fld>(Plastering)</fld>, <cd>to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Dub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.</def> "Now the drum <i>dubs</i>."

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

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<hw>Dub</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A blow.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

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<hw>Dub</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Ir. <ets>d\'a2b</ets> mire, stream, W. <ets>dwvr</ets> water.]</ety> <def>A pool or puddle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Dubb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Syrian bear. See under <er>Bear</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dhubb</asp>, and <asp>dub</asp>.]</altsp>

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<hw>Dub"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, dubs.</def>

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<hw>Dub"ber</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>dabbah</ets>.]</ety> <def>A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>dupper</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>M'Culloch.</i>

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<hw>Dub"bing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The body substance of an angler's fly.</def>