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n.
A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
a.
Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.
n.
A block for scotching a wheel.
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A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
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The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
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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.
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.
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A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
v. i.
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
n.
A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
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A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
n.
Hubbub.
v. i.
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
a.
Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.
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A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
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Hubbub; uproar.
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A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
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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.
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A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.
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Hubbub.
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