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The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

lareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.

Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.

Having four forks, or branches.

or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. Luke iii. 1.

A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.

European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capræa) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.

the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.

telis) of India. Rusine antler (Zoöl.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.

t South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.

atcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

weed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.

Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

e which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet. -- Spade handle (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.

Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.

e staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal. Ex. xxxviii. 7. With forks and staves the felon to pursue. Dryden.