Part 5422

<hw>Hua*na"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Guanaco</er>.</def>

<h1>Hub</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Hob</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Axle box</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The hilt of a weapon.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; <as>as, a <ex>hub</ex> in the road</as>. <mark>[U.S.]</mark> See <er>Hubby</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Diesinking)</fld> <def>A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A screw hob. See <er>Hob</er>, <p><b>3</b>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A block for scotching a wheel.</def>

<cs><col>Hub plank</col> <fld>(Highway Bridges)</fld>, <cd>a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.</cd> -- <col>Up to the hub</col>, <cd>as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Hubble-bubble</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hub"ble-bub`ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.</def><-- = water pipe; hookah -->

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<h1>Hubbub</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hub"bub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Whoobub</er>, <er>Whoop</er>, <er>Hoop</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>This <b>hubbub</b> of unmeaning words. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hubby</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hub"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of hubs or protuberances; <as>as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is <ex>hubby</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>H\'81bner</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>H\'81b"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[After <ets>H\'81bner</ets>, who analyzed it.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.</def>

<h1>Huch, Huchen</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw><hw>Huch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hu"chen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large salmon (<spn>Salmo, &or; Salvelinus, hucho</spn>) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also <altname>huso</altname>, and <altname>bull trout</altname>.</def>

<h1>Huck</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hawk</er> to offer for sale, <er>Huckster</er>.]</ety> <def>To higgle in trading.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Huckaback</h1> <Xpage=711>