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.
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(b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. Tomlinson. (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.] Halliwell. -- 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. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.
Dub, n. A blow. [R.] Hudibras.
Dub, n. [Cf. Ir. dób mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Dubb (?), n. [Ar.] (Zoöl.) The Syrian bear. See under Bear. [Written also dhubb, and dub.]
Dub"ber (?), n. One who, or that which, dubs.
Dub"ber, n. [Hind. dabbah.] A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written dupper.] M'Culloch.
Dub"bing (?), 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.