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Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray.

Two-pronged; forked.

A forking, or division into two branches.

Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

d from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. -- Breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. -- Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. -- To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. […

A forked stick with elasti band for throwing small stones, etc.

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

The fork of the legs; the crotch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. Crane fly (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula. -- Derrick crane. See Derrick. -- Gigantic crane. (Zoöl.) See Adjutant, n., 3. -- Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.)…

(Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other. -- Cross forked. (Her.) See under Forked. -- Cross frog. See under Frog. -- Cross furrow, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field. -- Cross handle, a handl…

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

Having a crotch; forked.

A forked support; a crotch. The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden.

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.

The place where a stem or vein is forked.

To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

That divines; for divining. Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.