forked

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FORK'ED, participle passive 1. Raised, pitched or dug with a fork. 2. adjective Opening into two or more parts, points or shoots; as a forked tongue; the forked lightning. 3. Having two or more meanings. [Not in use.]
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