three-forkedadj.

/ˈθriːfɔːkt/poetic.

/ˈθriːfɔːkᵻd/

Forms: see three adj. and forked adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: three adj., forked adj.

Etymology: < three adj. + forked adj.

Having three forks or prongs; trifurcate.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having three projecting points

three-forked1535

three-tined1558

trident1589

tridented1620

trident-shaped1871

Trinacrian1871

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 13 A three forked fleshoke.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 With toonge three forcked [L. linguis..trisulcis] furth spirts fyre.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 375 Within these vesselles are certaine values or leafe~gates... Some of these are three-forcked, some like halfe Moones.

a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy xv, in Remains (1670) 173 To stirre, or calm the Ocean's race, As Royalties of his [Neptune's] three-forked Mace.

a1678 A. Marvell Horatian Ode Like the three-forked lightning.

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 165 C. Tricuspidatus. Three-forked Stock. Leaves lyre-shaped; pods three toothed at the tip.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 131 Some viper..darting a three-forked flickering tongue [L. linguis..trisulcis].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

f. Having (a specified number of) forks or prongs, as three-forked.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 13 A three forked fleshoke.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 With toonge three forcked furth spirts fyre.

a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy xv, in Remains (1670) 173 To stirre, or calm the Ocean's race, As Royalties of his [Neptune's] three-forked Mace.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 131 Some viper..darting a three-forked flickering tongue.

单词	three-forked
释义	three-forkedadj. /ˈθriːfɔːkt/poetic./ˈθriːfɔːkᵻd/ Forms: see three adj. and forked adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: three adj., forked adj. Etymology: < three adj. + forked adj. Having three forks or prongs; trifurcate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having three projecting points three-forked1535 three-tined1558 trident1589 tridented1620 trident-shaped1871 Trinacrian1871 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 13 A three forked fleshoke. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 With toonge three forcked [L. linguis..trisulcis] furth spirts fyre. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 375 Within these vesselles are certaine values or leafe~gates... Some of these are three-forcked, some like halfe Moones. a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy xv, in Remains (1670) 173 To stirre, or calm the Ocean's race, As Royalties of his [Neptune's] three-forked Mace. a1678 A. Marvell Horatian Ode Like the three-forked lightning. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 165 C. Tricuspidatus. Three-forked Stock. Leaves lyre-shaped; pods three toothed at the tip. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 131 Some viper..darting a three-forked flickering tongue [L. linguis..trisulcis]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas three-forked f. Having (a specified number of) forks or prongs, as three-forked. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 13 A three forked fleshoke. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 With toonge three forcked furth spirts fyre. a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy xv, in Remains (1670) 173 To stirre, or calm the Ocean's race, As Royalties of his [Neptune's] three-forked Mace. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 131 Some viper..darting a three-forked flickering tongue. extracted from forkedadj. < adj.1535 as lemmas
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three-forkedadj.

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