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See Socmanry.

A toll. See Soc, n., 2. [Obs.] Great sooken had this miller, out of doubt. Chaucer.

In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.

ening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill. To put a spoke in one's wheel, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.

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.

The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.

A broker who deals in stocks.

To stick; to thrust; to stab. [Obs.] Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting. Chaucer.

of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.

The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

A fire poker. [R.] C. Richardson (Dict.).

Close; sultry. [Prov. Eng.]

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

attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree. Deut. xix. 5. A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes. Prov. xviii. 6. He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. Bacon.…

One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton.

The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest. Totten.

Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

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