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单词 fourch
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fourchv.

Forms: Also fourche.
Etymology: < French fourcher to fork, < fourche fork.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. = fork v.; spec. of a hart: see quot. Also transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [verb (intransitive)] > grow antler > of particular form
fourch1413
troche1413
1413–22 Venery de Twety in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 151 Alleway we calle [a hart one] of the fyrst hed tyl that he be of x. of the lasse. And fyrst whan an hert hath fourched, and then auntlere ryall, and surryall, and forched on the one syde, and troched on that other syde, than is he an hert of x. and of the more.
2. intransitive. Law: see fourcher n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] > cause delay by appearing separately
fourch1613
1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 429 The Pl' and Def. if they list, may fourch infinitely by the common Law.

Derivatives

fourched adj. forked.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > forked
fourchedc1330
bi-furked?1545
crotched1587
forcipated1646
bifurcous1656
forcipate1668
forficated1752
forficate1816
furcate1819
bifurcate1835
bifurcated1853
bifurcal1861
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 503 Þe rauen he ȝaue his ȝiftes, Sat on þe fourched tre, On rowe.
1486 Bk. St. Albans E j b And that in the toppe so when ye may hym keen Then shall ye call hym forchyd an hert of tenne.
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