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spoke

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spoke
1. a radial member of a wheel, joining the hub to the rim
2. a radial projection from the rim of a wheel, as in a ship's wheel
spoke [spōk]
(design engineering)
A bar or rod radiating from the center of a wheel.
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As she spoke she pointed to where one of the heavy springs was broken across, the broken metal showing bright.
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She ran home crying to tell of her misfortune, but her stepmother spoke harshly to her, and after giving her a violent scolding, said unkindly, 'As you have let the spindle fall into the well you may go yourself and fetch it out.
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As she spoke she descended from the platform, and with Carthoris at her side stepped fearlessly out upon the bloody field in the direction of the walled city of mystery.
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