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Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.

A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.

To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u, þ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).

A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]

The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse. [Prov. Eng.]

The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]

A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.

A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. Admiral Foote.

Of or pertaining to Majorca. -- n.

The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.

A bit; a morsel.

An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile specially designed for passengers.

A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In Great Britain the term motor cycle is treated by statute (3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary f…

Excessive force; violence.

The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.

By force; of necessary; at any rate. Shak.

Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.