Definition of hub

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Hub (n.) The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box..

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Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
Hubbub :: Hubbub (v. i.) A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Fubsy :: Fubsy (a.) Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa.
Hub :: Hub (n.) A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast..
Hub :: Hub (n.) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc..
Poll :: Poll (n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a)..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, b
Hubble-bubble :: Hubble-bubble (n.) A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell..
Hub :: Hub (n.) A screw hob. See Hob, 3..
Web :: Web (n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc..
Fin :: Fin (v. t.) To carve or cut up, as a chub..
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc..
Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..
Straddle :: Straddle (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Tautog :: Tautog (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll..
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