Spoke , n. [OE. spoke, spake, AS, spāca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. √170. Cf. Spike a nail.]

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. (Naut.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

3. A rung, or round, of a ladder.

4. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.

"To put a spoke in ones wheel, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design."

Spoke , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Spoking.] To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.

Spoke (?), imp. of Speak.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913