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Webster 1913 Edition
Forky
Fork′y
,Adj.
Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
“Forky tongues.” Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forky
FORK'Y
,Adj.
Definition 2024
forky
forky
English
Adjective
forky (comparative more forky, superlative most forky)
- forked
- 1896, Captain Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship:
- The column of fire now ascended above the main-top--licking with its forky tongue the top-mast rigging--and embracing the mainmast in its folds: and the loud roar with which it ascended proved the violence and rapidity of the combustion below, and how little time there was to be lost.