forjesket

[Etym. doubtful.] Jaded with fatigue; worn out. ( Scotch .) *for-joust, *for-just, v . t . [Pref. for- , and Eng. joust (q. v.).] To kill in jousting. *for-judge, v. t. [Pref. for- , and English judge (q. v.).] To judge or condemn wrongfully. fork, *forke, *furke, *forch, s . [A. S. forc , from Lat. furca ; Icel. forkr ; Dan. fork ; Dut. vork ; O. Fris. forke , furke ; O. Fr. forche , fourche , forque ; Fr. fourche ; Ital. & Port. forca ; Wel.fforck .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. An instrument consisting of a handle term i nating in a shank, usually of metal, with two or more prongs, used for piercing, lifting, carrying, or throwing. "At midsummer down with the brambles and brakes, And after abroad with thy forks and thy rakes." Tu er: Husbandry. 2. Anything resembling a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity. (1) The point where the legs of a man separate; the juncture. (2) A divarication; as, the fork of a tree, the fork of a river. (3) A place where the country becomes bifurcated; a point where a road divides into two. "The white doe followed up the vale, Up to another cottage-hidden In the deep fork of Amerdale." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, vii. *(4) A barbed point, as of an arrow. "Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart."- Shakesp .: Lear , i. 1. *(5) A point. "Several are amazed at the wisdom of the ancients, that represented a thunderbolt with three forks ."- Addi . son: On Medals. *3. A gibbet. "Than scholtou don the forchys before the castel right." Sir Ferumbras, 2,881. 4. The haunch of a deer. 5. A dilemma; choice between two evils. II. Technically: 1. Agric .: An implement with prongs for lifting, digging, carrying, or throwing. Such are dung or manure - forks , hay - forks , pitch - forks , digging- forks . 2. Mus .: A tuning-fork: an instrument of steel with two prongs, which, when set in vibration, gives out a musical sound, varying in pitch according to the thickne of the metal or the length or width apart of the prongs. [TUNING-FORK.] 3. Turn .: A Fork-chuck (q. v.). IMG:content-0038.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0040.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Forks and knives: Botany: Lycopodium clavatum. ( Britten & Holland.)