'Forkedness' definitions:

Definition of 'Forkedness'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]