jan 1, 1698 - spokeshave

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A form of drawing-knife, originally used for shaping and finishing spokes, chair legs, barrel staves, etc. 1622 <i>Item, three wimbles, thistle, speak shave</i>, Cottingley (LRS1/63); 1638 <i>a handsawe, a hatchett, a speake shawe and a broad chessle,</i> Tankersley (YRS54/74). ‘Speak’ was a common regional spelling of spoke: 1698 <i>new speaks & 6 new boards</i>, <i>3s,</i> Salterforth (YRS118/59).

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