forky

English

Etymology

fork +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ki

Adjective

forky (comparative more forky, superlative most forky)

  1. Synonym of forked
    • 1669, John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, in Natural Magick‎, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […] , page 68:
      […] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]
    • 1764, John Hill, The Vegetable System. Or, The Internal Structure And The Life Of Plants; […] ‎, volume 7, page 32:
      The Leaves are compoſed each of ſeven parts; the Flowers grow by two's on forky Footſtalks.
    • 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: […]
    • 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.
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