Definition of fork

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Fork (n.) 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 from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..

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Sylphid :: Sylph (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus)..
Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..
Clift :: Clift (n.) The fork of the legs; the crotch.
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.
Lappaceous :: Lappaceous (a.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Pronged :: Pronged (a.) Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork..
Serpent-tongued :: Serpent-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent..
Xeme :: Xeme (n.) An Arctic fork-tailed gull (Xema Sabinii).
Forkbeard :: Forkbeard (n.) The European forked hake or hake's-dame (Phycis blennoides); -- also called great forked beard.
Hayfork :: Hayfork (n.) A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..
Fork :: Fork (n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork..
Y :: Y (n.) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye..
Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
Dungfork :: Dungfork (n.) A fork for tossing dung.
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (n.) A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like..
Infurcation :: Infurcation (n.) A forked exlpansion or divergence; a bifurcation; a branching.
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