Hub

·noun The hilt of a weapon.

II. Hub ·noun A screw hob. ·see Hob, 3.

III. Hub ·noun A block for scotching a wheel.

IV. Hub ·noun A goal or mark at which quoits, ·etc., are cast.

V. Hub ·noun A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, ·etc.

VI. Hub ·noun The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. ·see ·Illust. of Axle box.

VII. Hub ·noun A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] ·see Hubby.

hub
The nave of a wheel; a solid piece of timber in which the spokes are inserted.--Webster. The word is...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
hub
the back of the chimney : to make a hob, to make a false step ; probably hence to hobble. N. > a na...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
up to the hub
To the extreme point. The figure is that of a vehicle sunk in the mud up to the hub of the wheels, w...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.