spoke

SPOKE, preterit tense of speak.SPOKE, noun [G., this word, whose radical sense is to shoot or thrust, coincides with spike, spigot, pike, contracted from to spew.]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. The spar or round of a ladder. [Not in use in the United States.]