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Webster 1913 Edition

(hŭb)

Noun.

[See 1st

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of

The hilt of a weapon.

Halliwell.

A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction;

as, a

hub

in the road

[U.S.]

See

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

(Diesinking)

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

A screw hob. See

, 3.

A block for scotching a wheel.

Hub plank

(Highway Bridges)

a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.

–

Up to the hub

as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved.

[Colloq.]

Noun.

The nave of a wheel; a solid piece of timber in which the spokes are inserted.