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The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.

A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.

One of the bars of a wheel connecting the nave, or center, with the felly, or rim; a round of a ladder; a bar to keep a wheel from turning.

Pa.t. of SPEAK.

One of the bars from the nave to the rim of a wheel.

Imp. & pp. of SPEAK, v.

One of the bars joining the hub to the rim of a wheel.

The rung of a ladder.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] One of the small bars inserted in the hub or nave of a wheel, and services to support the rim or felly ;-the round of a ladder ;-a contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill ;-a handspike.