dub 
"douhrr, 'd,>b, r, <lb<-r, in comp. nilouhrr, ado- dub 3 (dub), n. [K. dial, and SP. : sen dilfl.} A 
6cr, adiib,;: mhiblui: m/.m!,!,,,; tidiiblK,; equip puddle; a small pool of foul, stagnant Witter. 
with iirins invest with armor, dri'ss, prepare, They rudely ran with all their might, 
repair, adjust, mod. !'. odo*b, ,; adjust (a piece ^J^^:'^:^'"!'^!!'^-. 
' r, repair ( ship, etc.) 
. 
/;//. /// ,nul Ite BejH/or (Child's Ballads, V. 196). 
= It. adddbbiirc, dress, deck, adorn; so ML. 
adobun; equip with arms, invest with armor, 
duh as knight, dress, repair, adorn, etc.), < o-, 

lions. () strike, give the accolade,' with refer- name of the ibyr bear The mod 
1. ..i fl*inn . . ,r, , i .,, i., L ' 111 I'll vn 111 U lit t >( MM II I(*M - ... . . 
| 
Fries, du66a, beat, slap (Koolman), = OSw. to glide! Also spelled da 
dubba, strike (Ihre), appar. orig. in part imita- dubberH, A furbisher of old clothes. 
tive; cf. duV*. Cf. also rfafei.J 1. To strike />/, Int., p. Ixxv. 
with a sword in the ceremony of making one flubber- (dub'er), n. [Repr. Gujerati 
a knight; hence, to make or designate as a ( ce rebral d), a leathern vessel, bottle, etc.] In 
York 
dabaro 
knight ; invest with the knightly character. 
He lokede 
As Is the kynde of a knyght that Cometh to be daubed. 
Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 11. 
He [the Nayro] is dubbed or created by the king, who 
commaundeth to gird him with a sword, and laying his 
right hand vpon his head, muttereth certaine wordes soft- 
ly, and afterward dubbeth him. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 495. 
The king stood up under his cloth of state, took the 
sword from the lord protector, and dubbed the lord mayor 
of London knight. Uayward. 
Monsieur Mingo for quaffing doth surpass, 
In cup, or can, or glass; 
God Bacchus do me right, 
And <lnh me knight 
Domingo. 
Nash, Summer's Last Will and Testament. 
[This catch, a scrap of which is also put into the mouth of 
Silence in shakspere'i 2 Henry IV., v. 8, alludes to a con- 
vivial custom, according to which he who drank a large 
potation of wine or other liquor, on his knees, to the health 
of his mistress, was Jocularly said to be dubbed a knight, 
and retained his title for the evening.) 
Hence 2. To confer a new character or any 
dignity or name upon ; entitle ; speak of as. 
O Poet ! thou had'st been discreeter, . . . 
If thou had'st dubb'd thy Star a Meteor, 
That did but blaze, and rove, and die. 
Prior, On the Taking of Nainnr, st. 12. 
A man of wealth is dubb'd a man of worth. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, I. vi. 81. 
The settlers have dubbed this the cabbage-tree. 
The Century, XXVII. 920. 
3f. To invest with the dress and insignia of a 
knight, or with any distinctive character; in 
general, to dress ; ornament ; embellish. 
He [the Lordl dubbed him wit our liknes. 
Knij. Mi-lr. Homilies (ed. J. Small), p. 12. 
[It was] dubbed oner with dyamondes, that were dere 
holdyn, 
That with lemys of light as a lamp shone. 
l>r*triiction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1683. 
And alle tho Robes ben orfrayed alle abouten, and dubbed 
fulle of precious Stones and of grete oryent Perles, fulle 
richely. MandeviUe, Travels, p. 233. 
India, a large leathern vessel made of untanned 
hide of the buffalo or the goat ; and used for 
holding oil, ghee, etc. Also written dupper. 
Did they not boil their Butter it would lie rank, but af- 
ter it has passed the Fire they kept it in Dappers, the year 
round. Fryer, East India and 1'ersia, p. 118. 
dubbing (dub'iug), . [< MB. dubbing, dob- 
bung ; verbal n. of dubl, v.} 1. The act of 
making a knight ; the accolade. 
A prince longeth for to do 
The gode kuijtcs dabbling. 
Shoreham, Poems, p. 15. 
The dubbyng of my dlngnite may nojt be done downe, 
Nowdirwith duke nor duzeperes, my dedis are so dreste. 
York Plays, p. 219. 
2t. Dress; ornament; trappings. 
His corown and his kinges array 
And his dubbing he did oway. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. 8.), p. 130. 
3. The act of striking, cutting, rubbing, or 
dressing, so as to make smooth or otherwise 
adapted to a purpose, (a) Dressing by means of an 
adz. (b) Rubbing with grease, as leather when being cur- 
ried. See dipping, 4. (c) Raising a nap on cloth by means 
of teazels. 
Hence 4. A preparation of grease for use in 
currying leather. 5. The materials used for 
making the body of a fishing-fly. The term Is ap- 
plied more particularly to material of short fiber used in 
making the body of the fly, as fur, pig's wool, or pig's 
down. It is spun sparsely around the waxed wrapping-silk 
and wound on with it. The materials commonly used are 
mohair, seal's wool, pig's wool, floss silk, and hurls of pea- 
cock-feathers or of ostrich-plumes. Wool is least used for 
dubbing, especially in trout-fishing, as it absorbs too much 
water and makes the fly soggy ; it is used, however, for sal- 
mon-flies, seal's wool being preferable. 
Take your dubbing which is to make the body of your fly, 
as much as you think convenient. 
Cotton, in Walton's Angler, it. 245. 
dubbing-tool (dub'ing-t6l), n. A. tool for par- 
ing or smoothing off an irregular surface ; an 
adz. 
dubh. [Ir. and Gael., black. See dhu.} See 
4. To strike, cut, rub, or dress so as to make dubhash (dS'bash), n. Same as dobhash. 
smooth, or of an equal surface, (o) To cut down or dubiety (du-bi'e-ti), n. [= Sp. dubiedad == Pg. 
reduce with an adz. 
If I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a 
tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either 
side with my axe, till I had brought it to Iw ai thin as a 
plank, and then dud it smooth with my adze. De Foe. 
(ft) To rub with grease, as leather when being curried, (c) 
To raise a nap cm. as cloth, by striking it with teazels, (d) 
To cut off the eoml> and wattles, and sometimes the ear- 
lobes of (a game-cock) ; trim, (e) To dress (a fishing-fly). 
dubicdade = It. dubbicta, dubbietade, dubbietate, 
<C L. dubieta(t-)s, (. dubius, doubtful: see dubi- 
ous.} Doubtfulness; dubiousness. 
A state of dubiety and suspense is ever accompanied by 
uneasiness. Richardson. 
The twilight of dubiety never falls npon a Scotchman. 
Lamb, Imperfect Sympathies. 
Had the antagonist left dubiety, 
Here were we proving murder a mere myth. 
Brotcning, Ring and Book, II. 75. 
Some dub the Oak-fly with black wool, and Isabella-col- 
oured mohair, and bright brownish bear's hair, warped on , . 
with yellow silk. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 105, note. dublOSlty (du-bl-OS l-tl),n.; pi. dubtostttes (-tiz). 
His no time to be dte.'n3 when yon ought to be fishing. 1= It. dubbiotiM, dubbiogitade, dubbiositate, < 
R. B. Roosevelt, flame Fish, p. 25. L. as if *dubtositn(t-}s, < dubiosu.t, dubious: see 
Todubout,in rtatter.imrk, to bring out (a surface) to a dubious.} 1 . Dubiousness ; doubtfulness. 2. 
level plane by pieces of wood, tiles, slate, plaster, or the Something doubtful. 
' lk ,' Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiotitie* for 
dub- (dub), V. 1. ; pret. and pp. diibbrd, ppr. certainties. Sir T. Broicne, Vulg. Err. 
dubhi,,,,. [Prob. orig. 'strike' (see ***), but d u bi on8 (du'bi-us), a. [= It. dubbioso, < LL. 
in dub-a-dnb, riibtt-duh, considered imitative, ,, ( , fclV)SK ,, ) an extension of L. dubius (> Pg. diibio, 
like Ar. dabdaba (a pron. like E. M), the noise 
of a drum, of horses' feet, etc. The noun dub- 
is rather due to dub 1 , 4 (), dress with an adz.] 
To make a quick noise, as by hammering or 
drumming. 
dub- (dub), n. [See rf&2, v.} A blow. 
As skilful euopers li.M.p their tubs 
With I.ydian and with Phrygian dubs. 
.s'. liullrr, Hudibras, II. i. 850. 
= It. dubio, dubbio), doubtful : see doubt 1 .} 1 . 
Doubting; hesitating; wavering or fluctuat me; 
in opinion, but inclined to doubt. 
At first he seemed to be very dubious in entertaining 
any discourse with us, and gave very impertinent answers 
to the questions that we demanded of him. 
Dampier, Voyages. I. 12. 
Dubious still whose word to t:ike. 
Browning, Ring aud Book, I. 121. 
dubitative 
\Ve.ideriinrn, tin- MI "in. > L. -in ml, wairwtlett and ././- 
liimii, and a anxious to oblige the Chief Jllntice cif I. .in 
m. .n I'lea^ t" re-tire, in order that he might iilitalohli pla. .-. 
Lecky, Kng. in l*th Cent., xiv. 
2. Doubtful ; marked by or occasioning doubl 
or uncertainty ; difficult to determine or relieve 
of uncertainty ; notdistinctorplain ; puzzling: 
M, a dubious question; a dubious light. 
Sometimes the manner of speaking, even concerning 
common things, is dark and dubious. 
BJI. Atterbury, Sermons, II. U. 
Vurdubioui meanings learn'd polemics strove, 
And wars on faith in-evented works of love. 
Crabbe, Works, I. 147. 
Looked to It probably as a means of solving a dubious 
problem. Presa>lt, Ferd. and Isa., xvi. 
The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome du- 
bivus eggs called possibilities. 
<;. ,-,. Eliot, Middlemarch, I. 91. 
3. Of uncertain event or issue: as, a dubious 
undertaking. 
His utmost power with adverse power opposed 
In dubious battel on the plains of heaven, 
And shook his throne. Milton, P. L., I. 104. 
4. Liable to doubt or suspicion; of doubtful 
quality or propriety ; questionable : as, a man 
of dubious character; a dubious transaction; 
his morals or his methods are dubious. =8yn. 1. 
Unsettled, undetermined. 2. Doubtful, Ambiguous, etc. 
(see obscure, a.) ', questionable, problematical, puzzling. 
dubiously (du'bi-us-li), adv. Doubtfully ; un- 
certainly; questionably. 
For first, Albertus Magnus speaks dubiously, confessing 
he could not confirm the verity hereof. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ill. 5. 
dubiousness (du'bi-us-nes), . 1. The state of 
being dubious, or inclined to doubt; doubtful- 
ness. 
She [Minerva] speaks with the dubiousness of a man, 
not the certainty of a Goddess. Pope, Odyssey, I., note. 
2. Uncertainty; the quality of being difficult 
to determine, or open to doubt or question : as, 
the dubiousness of a problem. 
Let us therefore at present acquiesce In the dubioumesi 
of their antiquity. J. Philips, Splendid Shilling, Ded. 
dubitable (du'bi-ta-bl), a. [< OF. dubitable = 
Sp. dubitable = Pg.' dubitavel = It. dubitabile, < 
L. dubitabilis, < dubitare, doubt: see dubitate, 
doubt, v.] Liable to be doubted ; doubtful ; un- 
certain. 
All the dubitable hazards 
Of fortune. Middleton, Came at Chess, ill. 1. 
The ground of invocation of saints or angels being at 
least dubitable, their invocation is sin. 
Dr. 11. More, Antidote against Idolatry, p. 25. 
dubitably (du'bi-ta-bli), adv. In a dubitable 
manner. [Rare.] Imp. Diet. 
dubitancy (du'bi-tan-si), n. [< OF. dubitance 
= It. dubitanza, < ML. dubitantia, doubt, < L. 
dubitan(t-)s, ppr. of dubitare, doubt: see dubi- 
tate, doubt, v?] Doubt; uncertainty. [Rare.] 
Running headlong and wilfully after the old impurities, 
even then when they are most fully without all dubitancy 
resolved, that all the Joys of heaven are forfeited by this 
choice. Hammond, Works, IV. 505. 
dubitate (du'bi-tat), v. i.; pret. and pp. dubi- 
tated, ppr. dubitating. [< L. dubitatus, pp. of 
ditbitare, doubt : see doubt, r.] To doubt ; hesi- 
tate. [Rare.] 
If, for example, he were to loiter dubitating, and not 
come ; if he were to come, and fail. 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. iv. 1. 
How largely his statements are to be depended on, I 
more than merely dtibUate. 
Louxll, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., p. 7. 
dubitatingly (du'bi-ta-ting-li), adv. Hesitat- 
ingly. Carlyle. 
dubitation (du-bi-ta'shon), n. [< OF. and F. 
dubitation = Pr. dubitatio = Sp. dubitacion = 
Pg. dubitacelo = It. dubitazione, < L. dubita- 
tio(n-), < dubitare, doubt: see dubitate, doubfl.} 
The act or state of doubting; doubt; hesitation. 
In the scholastic disputations, dubitation was the condi- 
tion of a disputant who had pronounced a matter to be 
doubtful and was bound to sustain that position. 
Dubitation is the beginning of all Knowledge. 
Howell, Letters, I. v. 20. 
The ordinary effects . . . might for ever after be con- 
fidently expected, without any dubitation. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1886), I. 255. 
In states of dubitation under impelling elements, the in- 
stinct pointing to courageous action is, besides the man- 
lier, conjecturably the right one. 
fortnightly Rev., N. S., XL 451. 
dubitative (du'bi-ta-tiv), a. [= F. dubitatif 
= Pr. ditbitatiu = Sp. Pg. It. dubitatiro, < LL. 
tlitbitativus. < L. dubitare, doubt: see dubitate.} 
Tending to doubt; doubting. [Rare.] 
They were engaged. She had been nibbled at, all but 
eaten 'up, while he hung dubitative; and though that was 
the eause of his winning her, it offended his niceness. 
G. Meredith, The Egoist, iii. 
