SPOKE Spoke, n. Etym: [OE. spoke, spake, AS, spaca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. sq. root170. Cf. Spike a nail.]
1. 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.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
3. A rung, or round, of a ladder.
4. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill. To put a spoke in one's wheel, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.
SPOKE
Spoke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoking.]
Defn: To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
SPOKEN
Spo"ken, a. Etym: [p.p. of Speak.]
1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.