SPOKE, pret. of speak.

SPOKE, n. 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.