单词 | two-forked |
释义 | two-forkedadj. Having two divisions or branches like the prongs of a fork; bifurcate; dichotomous. Also figurative.In Webster (1828), and in later dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > bifurcated twiselc1000 forked1398 twisted1398 grained1513 bi-furked?1545 biforked1578 two-forked1579 crotched1587 forken1631 twi-forked1635 bifurcous1656 forky1702 swallow-tailed1726 bidential1730 bifurcate1835 bifurcated1853 bifurcal1861 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 107 This two forked reason. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 95 Towards the West-side of the City is a large market place twoforked. 1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem ii. 46 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles A dilemma or two-forked argument. c1789 Encycl. Brit. III. 440/2 Caulis dichotomus, a dichotomous or two-forked stem. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. U8 Two-forked, see Dichotomous. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 113 He..flickered his two-forked tongue from his lips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmastwo-forked two-forked adj. < adj.1579 as lemmas |
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