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hub(1) (iou)



hub noun1. E16.
[Origin unkn. Cf. HOB noun2.]
= HOB noun2 5. E16.
The central solid part of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and which rotates on or with the axle. M17.
up to the hub US as far as possible.
A bump in the ground. Now US & dial. M17.
fig. The central point of an activity, interest, etc. M19.
R. P. Graves The critic Edmund Gosse, who lived at the very hub of London's literary life.
A cylindrical piece of steel on which the design for a coin is engraved in relief. M19.
Comb.: hub brake: that acts on the hub of a wheel; hub-cap a cover for the hub of a vehicle's wheel.
hubless adjective L20.