fork

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1. 1.Anything furcate or like of a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
2. 2.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. Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region of my heart. Shak. A thunderbolt with three forks. Addison.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.The gibbet. [Obs.] Bp. Butler. Fork beam (Shipbuilding), a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur. -- Fork chuck (Wood Turning), a lathe center having two prongs for driving the work. -- Fork head. (a) The barbed head of an arrow. (b) The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle joint. -- In fork. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an engine to "have the water in fork," when all the water is drawn out of the mine. Ure. -- The forks of a river or a road, the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place.
5. 5.To shoot into blades, as corn. The corn beginneth to fork. Mortimer. 1 2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
6. 6.To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. Forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart. Prof. Wilson. To fork over or out, to hand or pay over, as money. [Slang] G. Eliot.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is anything furcate or like of a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to shoot into blades, as corn. The corn beginneth to fork. Mortimer. 1 2. To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks called?