forky
Americanadjective
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Turn'd to her foe, she stiffens every scale, And shoots her forky tongue, and whisks her threatening tail.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
But his bright mother, from a breaking cloud, To cheer her issue, thunder'd thrice aloud; Thrice forky lightning flash'd along the sky, And Tyrrhene trumpets thrice were heard on high.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Scarce had he said, when southern storms arise: From pole to pole the forky lightning flies; Loud rattling shakes the mountains and the plain; Heav'n bellies downward, and descends in rain.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
What a contrast to the forky flashes of a regular wit!
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Wolves hunt in packs, They sought for bigger game; somehow They seemed to see above her brow The forky sign of turkey tracks.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
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