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A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.]

l to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust hurries him on. South. They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak.

Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.

The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment.

Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.

An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.

That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.

Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.

; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. South. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. Blair.

g. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive…

A breaking in; inroad; invasion.

from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed.

e, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.

or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of the mechanical powers, so called. (b) (Railroad & Canal) An inclined portion of track, on which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one level to another.

y before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies. -- Income tax, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount.

with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.

Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. Sir H. Wotton. To move the incumbent load they try. Addison.

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. Cowper.