Definitions
one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
Word origin
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
Used in a sentence
“Cleo. Hye thee againe, / I haue ſpoke already, and it is provided.”
“Thoſe who have ſpoke in its Favour have allowed, that it is defective, with regard to the preſent Circumſtances of Europe,[…]”
“I should have spoke to him there and then, seen he was in the mood to do something stupid.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rod in a wheel”5 letters
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