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Webster 1913 Edition


Forky

Fork′y

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Adj.
Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
Forky tongues.”
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forky

FORK'Y

,
Adj.
Forked; furcated; opening into two or more parts, shoots or points; as a forky tongue.

Definition 2024


forky

forky

English

Adjective

forky (comparative more forky, superlative most forky)

  1. forked
    • 1857, Abigail Stanley Hanna, Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland:
      The forky lightning flashed, and the deep toned thunder reverberated peal on peal, while the shrieking winds rocked the tree tops, and poured their wild melody upon the ear.
    • 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.
    • 1921, Various, The Red Romance Book:
      At the sight of the young man it lashed its tail so violently that the earth trembled as if with an earthquake, while its forky tongue darted in and out with a deafening hissing noise.