The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ubdiub), «. [ 1. A lump; a ridge;a small mass; any rough protuberance or pro-jtction. as, a hub in the road. [U. S.]—2. Asmall stack of hay. [Prov. Eng.]—3. A thicksquare sod pared off the surface of a peat-bogwhen digging for peat. Halliu-ell. [Prov. Eng.]— 4. A block of wood for stopping a carriage-wheel.— 5. In (/ic-.«HtiHr/, a cylindrical pieceof steel on which the design for a coin is en-graved in relief.—6. A fluted screw of harden-ed steel, adap
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ubdiub), «. [ 1. A lump; a ridge;a small mass; any rough protuberance or pro-jtction. as, a hub in the road. [U. S.]—2. Asmall stack of hay. [Prov. Eng.]—3. A thicksquare sod pared off the surface of a peat-bogwhen digging for peat. Halliu-ell. [Prov. Eng.]— 4. A block of wood for stopping a carriage-wheel.— 5. In (/ic-.«HtiHr/, a cylindrical pieceof steel on which the design for a coin is en-graved in relief.—6. A fluted screw of harden-ed steel, adapted to be placed on a mandrel be-tween the centers of a lathe, notched to presentcutting edges, and used in cutting screw-tools,chasing-tools,etc. Kniijht.— 7. In plumbing,a short piece ofpipe with a bellat each end,used for join-ing pipes in lineor at an one endis smaller thanthe other, toform a redu-cing-joint, it iss,rc(lueedhub.— 8. The woodenor metal centerof a carriage-orwagon-wheel,into which thespokes are in-serted; thenave. Itisslippertover the ami of theaxle, and turns up-on it. In metallic. , hub with circumferential groove: a*.spoltc for wme : *, section of a hub whichhas two hollow disks around the hollow axle-box ; c,c, huh with two metallic disks, andprojecting lugs to form spoke-mortises: ti,hub which a metallic band with beveledmortise : e, hub with two hollow shells, andX-shaped lugs which interlock to fonnspoke-sockets: /, hub with a metallic bandwhose mortises receive the spokes in clusters. car-wheels the hub is the central part next to the axle; inpaper c;ir-\vheels it is the central metallic part to whichthe paper web is clamped. See wlnH. 9. .Something resembling the hub of a wheel incentral position or importance. Boston State House is the huh of the Solar System. Youcouldnt pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tireof all creation straightened out for a crowtiar. 0. IT. Holmes, Autocrat, vi. 10. A mark at whi
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