Definition of hub

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

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Creekfish :: Creekfish (n.) The chub sucker.
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..
Poll :: Poll (n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a)..
Spline :: Spline (n.) 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..
Fin :: Fin (v. t.) To carve or cut up, as a chub..
Emodin :: Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)..
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.
Eventognathi :: Eventognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc..
Rheic :: Rheic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum)..
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..
Hubby :: Hubby (a.) Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby..
Hubbub :: Hubbub (v. i.) A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Rhabarbarate :: Rhabarbarate (a.) Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Stradometrical :: Straddling (a.) Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3..
Hob :: Hob (n.) The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Rheum :: Rheum (n.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
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..
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