n. A round stick, stake, or pin used as a mark to throw at in certain games, as in quoits or the game called hob.n. A boys' game in which halfpence are set on the end of a round stick (the hob), at which something (as a stone) is pitched.n. A hardened threaded steel mandrel for cutting a comb or chasing-tool.n. The nave of a wheel: same as hub, 7.n. A structure inserted in a fireplace to diminish its width, originally introduced when broad open fireplaces were first fitted with grates for the burning of coal; also, the level top of such a structure, forming a space upon which any thing can be set which it is desired to keep hot.n. The shoe of a sledge.n. A countryman; a rustic; an awkward, clownish fellow.n. A sprite; an elf; a hobgoblin.n. A milling-machine cutter used in forming the teeth of worm-gears.n. A master die; a steel punch cut to a certain design, used for making coining-dies.