See Also: spoke(dictionary)
spoke 1,(dictionary)
Spoke - Poker(gambling)
radial spoke(medicine)
spoke-shave(medicine)
King Spoke - Sailing(gambling)
Twisted Spoke (Lakeview)(tourism)
Twisted Spoke (River West)(tourism)

spoke (iou)



spoke noun & verb1.
[Old English spaca = Old Frisian speke, spake, Old Saxon speca, Old High German speihha (Dutch speek, German Speiche), from West Germanic, from Germanic base of SPIKE noun1.]
A. noun.
Each of the bars or rods radiating from the hub of a wheel to support the rim. OE.
b. Each of a set of radial handles projecting from a wheel or cylinder, esp. a ship's wheel. M17.
c. Basket-making. = STAKE noun1 4c. L19.
A bar or rod of wood etc., esp. as used for a particular purpose; a stake, a pole; spec. (a) a rung of a ladder; (b) Scottish History each of the poles used for carrying a coffin to the graveside. LME.
Botany. A pedicel of an umbel; a ray. rare. L16-L18.
Phrases: a spoke in a person's wheel a thing that thwarts or hinders a person, an impediment, an obstacle, (now chiefly in put a spoke in a person's wheel, thwart or hinder a person). put one's spoke in = put one's oar in s.v. OAR noun.
Comb.: spokeshave a kind of draw-knife consisting of a blade set between two handles placed lengthwise, used for planing spokes and other work unsuitable for an ordinary plane.
b. verb trans.
Provide or construct with spokes; fig. mark with radial lines like spokes. E18.
Thrust a spoke into (a wheel etc.) to check movement; fig. block, impede, obstruct. M19.
Drive or force (a wheel or vehicle) forward by pushing the spokes. M19.
spokeless adjective LME.
spokewise adverb in the manner of the spokes of a wheel M19.