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Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.

A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.

One who speaks for another. He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. Ex. iv. 16.

Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [Colloq. U.S.] Lowell.

A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.

Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. "A knight well-spoken." Shak.

horten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. Bacon.

to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift.

Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.

By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.

The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. Encyc. Brit.

Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer. Tatler.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.

eavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke. As I return I will fetch off these justices. Shak.

Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

part. [Also written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

The language spoken by the Basque people.