单词 | fourch |
释义 | † fourchv. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1330 |
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