Meaning

• To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.

• To name, to entitle, to call.

• To deem.

• To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

• (heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.

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