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v. i.
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
n.
A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
n.
An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.
n.
A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
n.
One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
n.
A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
n.
A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
n.
One who speaks for another.
n.
A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.
v. t.
To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
a.
Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.
v. t.
To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
n.
The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.
v. t.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
pl.
of Spokesman
v. t.
To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
n.
An interpreter; a spokesman.
v. t.
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
n.
The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes.
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