spoke
/spoʊk/ noun A2- A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
- A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
- A rung of a ladder.
- A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
- One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Plural spokes
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He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke.
“He spoke of it as a thing already decided.”
“Ah, Danglars!” whispered Caderousse, “you have deceived me—the trick you spoke of last night has been played; but I cannot suffer a poor old man or an innocent girl to die of grief through your fault.
As he spoke several of the beasts caught sight of him, and at once the great assemblage hushed as if by magic.
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