forky
Americanadjective
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At the sight of the young man it lashed its tail so violently that the earth trembled as if with an earthquake, while its forky tongue darted in and out with a deafening hissing noise.
From The Red Romance Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
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 Carolyn Wells
At length, however, the lock gave way, and the lid flew open, when, O horror! instead of gold and jewels, she saw before her serpents with glittering eyes and forky tongues.
From The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Salmoneus, suff'ring cruel pains, I found, For emulating Jove; the rattling sound Of mimic thunder, and the glitt'ring blaze Of pointed lightnings, and their forky rays.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
A blue and forky flash darted a momentary light over the landscape.
From Ixion In Heaven by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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