| Fork (fork) |
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| n. | (fôrk) |
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| Fork |
| [AS. forc,
fr. L. furca. Cf. Fourché, Furcate.] |
An instrument consisting of a handle with a
shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually
of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used for piercing,
holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
Anything furcate or like a fork in shape,
or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
One of the parts into which anything is
furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a
barbed point, as of an arrow.
The place where a division or a union
occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the
fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
The gibbet.
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To shoot into blades, as
corn.
To divide into two or more branches] as, a
road, a tree, or a stream forks.
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To raise, or pitch
with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the
soil.
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