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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Cuttoo Plate :: Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.
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
Hubbub :: Hubbub (v. i.) A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Rhabarbarate :: Rhabarbarate (a.) Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Chubbedness :: Chubbedness (n.) The state of being chubby.
Creekfish :: Creekfish (n.) The chub sucker.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
Chub-faced :: Chub-faced (a.) Having a plump, short face..
Chubbed :: Chubbed (a.) Chubby.
Eventognathi :: Eventognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc..
Rheum :: Rheum (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
Hubby :: Hubby (a.) Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby..
Polygonaceous :: Polygonaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera..
Roach :: Roach (n.) An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
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..
Chub :: Chub (n.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc..
Rowdydow :: Rowdydow (n.) Hubbub; uproar.
Fallfish :: Fallfish (n.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species..
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 root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine..
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