Hub

1. A block for scotching a wheel.
2. The hilt of a weapon.
3. A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
5. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
6. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
7. A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.