Толковый словарь английского языка - spoke
Spoke
spoke
see: speak II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spāca; akin to Old High German speihha ~, Middle Dutch spike spike Date: before 12th century 1. any of the small radiating bars inserted in the hub of a wheel to support the rim, something resembling the ~ of a wheel, any of the projecting handles of a steering wheel of a boat, III. transitive verb (~d; spoking) Date: before 12th century to furnish with or as if with ~s
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 each of the bars running from the hub to the rim of a wheel. 2 a rung of a ladder. 3 each radial handle of the wheel of a ship etc. --v.tr. 1 provide with spokes. 2 obstruct (a wheel etc.) by thrusting a spoke in. Phrases and idioms put a spoke in a person's wheel Brit. thwart or hinder a person. spoke-bone the radius of the forearm. Derivatives spokewise adv. Etymology: OE spaca f. WG 2. past of SPEAK. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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