dubbed, ppl. a.
(dʌbd)
[f. dub v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Invested with knighthood, knighted.
| 1552 Huloet, Dubbed, decuriatus. 1589 Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxviii. (1612) 137 Lord of nine score dubbed knights. 1731 Lett. fr. Fog's Jrnl. (1732) II. 257 A dubb'd Plebeian, Fortune's Fav'rite Fool. 1825 Scott Talism. ii, A dubbed knight. |
2. Angling. Dressed, as a hook.
| a 1450 Fysshynge w. Angle (1883) 11 The dubbyd hoke. |
3. Cropped.
| 1634–5 Brereton Trav. (Chetham) 44 Dubbed hedges. |
4. Blunted; blunt, pointless. (Now dial.)
| 17.. E. Smith Compl. Housewife (1750) 8 The spurs of the pheasant cock, when young, are short and dubbed. 1796 H. Glasse Cookery ii. 10 His spurs will be short and dubbed. 1825 Wiltsh. Words, Dubbed, blunt, pointless. |