Forkedness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forked \Forked\, a.
     1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into
        two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated;
        zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
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              A serpent seen, with forked tongue.   --Shak.
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     2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
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     {Cross forked} (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are
        divided into two sharp points; -- called also {cross
        double fitch['e]}. A {cross forked of three points} is a
        cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp
        points.
  
     {Forked counsel}, advice pointing more than one way;
        ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Fork"ed*ly},
        adv. -- {Fork"ed*ness}, n.
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