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noun

Dubbing n.

1.

The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.

2.

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... noblest of all the senses. Painting spoke only by what it accomplished, poetry ended in the very words with which it sang its own praises. If, then, poets called painting dumb poetry, he could retort by dubbing poetry blind painting. In common with his successors, Leonardo could not escape from this fallacy, which, in overlooking all save descriptive verse, was destined to burden aesthetic ...

— Thoughts on Art and Life • Leonardo da Vinci

... to do it, the insolent loon!' was Geordie's grim comment. 'Will De la Pole dare to talk of dubbing the Red Douglas! When I bide his buffet, it shall be in another sort. When I take knighthood, it shall be from my lawful King ...

— Two Penniless Princesses • Charlotte M. Yonge

... although he often offered to take his friends bear-hunting, he never kept his promise. But perhaps this was due to his respect for the well-being and safety of the bears of his country. Is it sufficient evidence for dubbing a man a mere country clown? Nobody could say so. It would be more logical to assume that the celebrated Manin, like everybody who rises above the common herd, was a victim of ...

— The Grandee • Armando Palacio Valds

... the hair was removed from the deerskins which furnished moccasins and dresses for both herself and her husband. Then there were stretching frames on which the skins were placed to undergo the process of "dubbing"; that is, the removal of all flesh and fatty particles adhering to the skin. The "dubber" was made of the stock of an elk's horn, with a piece of iron or steel inserted in the end, forming a sharp knife. The last process the deerskin underwent before it was soft and pliable enough for ...

— The Old Santa Fe Trail - The Story of a Great Highway • Henry Inman

... as we landed, three other gentlemen came to welcome the ones I had saved, and seemed very glad to see them. They appeared to have just landed from a tub in which was a drum, rub-a-dub-dubbing all by itself. One of the new men had a white frock on, and carried a large knife; the second had dough on his hands, flour on his coat, and a hot-looking face; the third was very greasy, had a bundle of candles ...

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