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. --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.
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. --Davy.
2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the
appearance of stone; rough-cast.
3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into
leather; -- called also {dubbing}. --Knight.