Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at
the height of a wagon-wheel hub. -- Up to the hub, as far as possible
in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in
mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]
Hub"ble-bub`ble (?), n. 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.
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Hub"bub (?), n. [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.] A loud noise of many
confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton.
This hubbub of unmeaning words.
Macaulay.
Hub"by (?), a. Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been
frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.]
H¸b"ner (?), n. [After H¸bner, who analyzed it.] (Min.) A mineral of
brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is
native manganese tungstate.
{ ||Huch (?), ||Hu"chen (?), } n. [G.] (Zoˆl.) A large salmon (Salmo,
or Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and
bull trout.
Huck (?), v. i. [See Hawk to offer for sale, Huckster.] To higgle in
trading. [Obs.] Holland.
Huck"a*back (?), n. [Perh. orig., peddler's wares; cf. LG. hukkebak
pickback. Cf. Huckster.] A kind of linen cloth with raised figures,
used for towelings.
Huc"kle (?), n. [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from
its round shape. See Hook.] 1. The hip; the haunch.