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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Forked :: Forked (a.) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Eelspear :: Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
Forkerve :: Forkerve (v. t.) See Forcarve, v. t..
Maguari :: Maguari (n.) A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail..
Fork :: Fork (n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork..
Forcipal :: Forcipal (a.) Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.
Divaricate :: Divaricate (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc..
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..
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Furcation :: Furcation (n.) A branching like a. fork.
Alar :: Alar (a.) Axillary; in the fork or axil.
Trifurcated :: Trifurcated (a.) Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.
Fork :: Fork (n.) The gibbet.
Forkiness :: Forkiness (n.) The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner.
Litate :: Litate (a.) Forked, with the points slightly curved outward..
Guidepost :: Guidepost (n.) A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers..
Hairpin :: Hairpin (n.) A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women..
Furcated :: Furcated (a.) Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs..
Y :: Y (n.) Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
Kite :: Kite (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail..
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