2. Verb. (third-person singular of fork) ¹
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Definition of Forks
1. fork [v] - See also: fork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forks
Literary usage of Forks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"forks, on the other hand, were in the earlier days scarce. Before the seventeenth
century, forks were nowhere in general use, save in Italy. ..."
2. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The extra high forks are for verifying by the Octaves of several low forks, and
for the purpose of subsequently measuring. From such a tonometer any other ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"For discrimination work with forks, the experimenter must be able to produce ...
Such a series may be obtained from a pair of forks, the one of which ..."
4. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"THE FOOL OF FIVE forks HE lived alone. I do not think this peculiarity arose from
any wish to withdraw his foolishness from the rest of the camp, ..."
5. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"These latter forks were placed at a distance of about ten yards apart, ...
The pitch of both forks is necessarily identical, since the vibrations &re forced ..."
6. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"forks, on the other hand, were in the earlier days scarce. Before the seventeenth
century, forks were nowhere in general use, save in Italy. ..."
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