'cross forked of three points' definitions:
Definition of 'cross forked of three points'
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- Forked \Forked\, a.
- 1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. [1913 Webster]
- A serpent seen, with forked tongue. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. [1913 Webster]
- Cross forked (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also {cross double fitch['e]}. A cross forked of three points is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points.
- Forked counsel, advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Fork"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Fork"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]