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dub (medicine) and usnic (iou)


dub (medicine)


dub


1. To confer knight.

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. "His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones." (Morte d'Arthure)

4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.

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

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. To dub out, to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

Origin: AS. Dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . To ridere." AS. Chron. An 1086); akin to Icel. Dubba; cf. OF. Adouber (prob. Fr. Icel) a chevalier, Icel. Dubba til riddara.

Source: Websters Dictionary


usnic (iou)



usnic adjective. M19.
[from USNEA + -IC.]
Chemistry. usnic acid, a yellow tricyclic crystalline solid, C18H16O7, which is present in many lichens and is used as an antibiotic.
usnin noun usnic acid M19.