two-forked, a.
(ˈtuːfɔːkt)
Having two divisions or branches like the prongs of a fork; bifurcate; dichotomous. Also fig.
| 1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 107 This two forked reason. 1617 Moryson Itin. i. 95 Towards the West-side of the City is a large market place twoforked. 1638 Featly Strict. Lyndom. ii. 46 A dilemma or two-forked argument. c 1789 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) III. 440/2 Caulis dichotomus, a dichotomous or two-forked stem. 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot. s.v., Two-forked, see Dichotomous. [Hence in Webster (1828), and in later Dicts.] 1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 113 He..flickered his two-forked tongue from his lips. |