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