'In fork' definitions:
Definition of 'In fork'
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- Fork \Fork\ (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. Fourch['e], Furcate.]
- 1. 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 for piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region of my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A thunderbolt with three forks. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The gibbet. [Obs.] --Bp. Butler. [1913 Webster]
- 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 The forks of a road, the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'In fork'
- Fork,
- Forked,
- Forkedly,
- Forking,
- Forks,
- To fork out,
- To fork over,
- fork out,
- fork over,
- fork up,
- American Fork,
- Ash Fork,
- Cherry Fork,
- Clark Fork,
- Coal Fork,
- Cross forked,
- East Fork,
- Five Forks,
- Fork beam,
- Fork chuck,
- Fork head,
- Forked River,
- Forked counsel,
- Forks, WA,
- Grand Forks,
- Greens Fork,
- Greens Fork, IN,
- Harpoon fork,
- Locust Fork,
- Rolling Fork,
- Sand Fork,
- South Fork,
- Spanish Fork,
- The forks of a river,
- The forks of a road,
- Three Forks,
- Toasting fork,
- Tuning fork,
- Weeding fork,
- West Fork,
- carving fork,
- caudine forks,
- forked lightning,
- salad fork,
- American Fork, UT,
- Ash Fork, AZ,
- Au Sable Forks,
- Cherry Fork, OH,
- Clark Fork, ID,
- Coal Fork, WV,
- East Fork, AZ,
- East Grand Forks,
- Five Forks, SC,
- Fork-tailed,
- Forked River, NJ,
- Grand Forks AFB,
- Grand Forks County,
- Grand Forks, ND,
- Locust Fork, AL,
- North Fork Village,
- Rolling Fork, MS,
- Sand Fork, WV,
- South Fork Estates,
- South Fork, CO,
- South Fork, PA,
- Spanish Fork, UT,
- Three Forks, MT,
- Two-forked,
- West Fork, AR,
- fork-like,
- great forked beard,
- lesser forked beard,
- skeleton fork fern,
- Au Sable Forks, NY,
- East Grand Forks, MN,
- Fork-tailed flycatcher,
- Fork-tailed gull,
- Fork-tailed kite,
- Grand Forks AFB, ND,
- Grand Forks County, ND,
- North Fork Village, OH,
- South Fork Estates, TX,
- cross forked of three points