A blow.

A pool or puddle.

To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.

To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of
cyrrying it.

To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to
call.

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son
Henry a knight.

To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;

To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the
hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.