HUB

noun the hilt of a weapon.

2. hub ·noun a screw hob. ·see hob, 3.

3. hub ·noun a block for scotching a wheel.

4. hub ·noun a goal or mark at which quoits, ·etc., are cast.

5. hub ·noun a hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, ·etc.

6. hub ·noun the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. ·see ·illust. of axle box.

7. hub ·noun a rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. ·see hubby.