Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handspoke

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hand-spoke
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of handspike.

Example Sentences

"Shows the end of a Windlass roller, having a lifting rope attached and wooden handspoke inserted."
"I have known many men terribly wrenched by the handspoke of some other one slipping and letting the whole weight of one end come upon the person next him."
"Capt Brewer swore that he would beat his braines out with a handspoke and caught up the handspoke shure Enugh and Struck at him Severall times swaring that he would kill him and Punched him with the End of the handspok"
"Mr. Stewart told the councillors, "He accosted me on the road ... he charged me with his scythe and was going to let the heart's blood out of me and latterly he drove me away with a handspoke and swore he would have my life if i ever came back to warn him again."

Inflected Forms

handspokes (plural)

Questions

What does handspoke mean?: Alternative form of handspike.

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