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Dubbing : (noun)
1: a new soundtrack that is added to a film
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dub \Dub\ (d[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed (d[u^]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat
(``dubbade his sunu . . . to r[=i]dere.'' --AS. Chron. an.
1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.)
a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]
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. --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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dubbing : \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.
4. The body substance of an angler's fly. --Davy.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Daubing \Daub"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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