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hub

hub is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The hilt of a weapon. Halliwell.
  2. 2.A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
  3. 3.A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
  4. 4.(Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
  5. 5.A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
  6. 6.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.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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