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▪ I. forking, vbl. n.|ˈfɔːkɪŋ| [f. fork v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. fork.
a1300[see fork v. 2 a]. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxiii, At this forking of the street there was a large space. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 314 Where the branching appears and remains as a forking of the main axis. ▪ II. forking, ppl. a.|ˈfɔːkɪŋ| [f. fork v. + -ing2.] That forks; characterized by forking.
1851Glenny Handbk. Fl. Gard. 221 A forking..habit of growth. 1877–84F. E. Hulme Wild Fl. p. vi, Stems forking. 1892Blackw. Mag. Apr. 549 A forking creek. |