SPOKE
\spˈə͡ʊk], \spˈəʊk], \s_p_ˈəʊ_k]\
Definitions of SPOKE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
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To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Imp. & pp. of SPEAK, v.
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One of the bars joining the hub to the rim of a wheel.
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The rung of a ladder.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Did speak.
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One of the bars of a wheel passing from the nave or centre to the felly or rim; the spar or round of a ladder.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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.
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