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A sharp-pointed instrument. Prick it on a prong of iron. Sandys.

A hoe with prongs to break the earth.

The pronghorn.

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

ks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.

imp. of Spring. Sprung.

An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

Two-pronged; forked.

The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]

An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane.

A pronged fork for turning up the earth.

A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.

A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish. Knight.

An instrument consisting 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 from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.

Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. A serpent seen, with forked tongue. Shak.

A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically:

The prong of an antler Holland.

A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland]

A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." Sir T. Browne.