duarchy, duarchie

[Gr. duo=two, and archō to rule, to govern.] Government by two; the rule of two persons. "A duarchie in the Church being inconsistent with a monarchie in the State." - Fuller : Churca Hist . , III. ii. 3. dub *doub, *dobben, dubben, v. t . & i. [A. S. dubban; cogn. with O. Sw. dubba to strike; Icel. dubba . Perhaps a variant of dab (q. v.).] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To confer knighthood upon by a blow of a sword on the shoulder; to create a knight. "Unsheath your sword, and dub him presently." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. 111., ii. 2. 2. The title of knight is generally added. "Then Douglas struck him with his blade, 'St. Michael and St. Andrew aid, I dub thee knight." Scott: Marmion, vii. 12. *3. Followed by the prep. to . "Horn he dubbedede to knighte." King Horn, 499. 4. To confer any kind of dignity, rank, or charac Chem.: An explosive compound. Carl Ditmar inventor. The composition is: Nitro-glycerine, 50 ter upon. per cent.; fine sawdust, 30 per cent.; nitrate of pota a, 20 per cent.