Part 4509

<hw>For*got"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Forget</er>.</def>

<h1>Forhall</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*hall"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>hale</ets> to draw.]</ety> <def>To harass; to torment; to distress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Forhend</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*hend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To seize upon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forinsecal</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>Fo*rin"se*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>forinsecus</ets> from without.]</ety> <def>Foreign; alien.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Forisfamiliate</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forisfamiliated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forisfamiliating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>forisfamiliatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>forisfamiliater</ets> to forisfamiliate; L. <ets>foris</ets> abroad, without + <ets>familia</ets> family.]</ety> <fld>(LAw)</fld> <def>Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Forisfamiliate</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.</def>

<h1>Forisfamiliation</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>Fo`ris*fa*mil`i*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act of forisfamiliating.</def>

<h1>Fork</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>Fork</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>forc</ets>, fr. L. <ets>furca</ets>. Cf. <er>Fourch<?/</er>, <er>Furcate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An instrument consisting consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything furcate or like of a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; <as>as, a tuning <ex>fork</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.</def>

<blockquote>Let it fall . . . though the <b>fork</b> invade The region of my heart. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A thunderbolt with three <b>forks</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; <as>as, the <ex>fork</ex> of a river, a tree, or a road</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The gibbet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Butler.</i>

<cs><col>Fork beam</col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>a half beam to support a deck, where hatchways occur.</cd> -- <col>Fork chuck</col> <fld>(Wood Turning)</fld>, <cd>a lathe center having two prongs for driving the work.</cd> -- <col>Fork head</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The barbed head of an arrow.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The forked end of a rod which forms part of a knuckle joint.</cd> -- <col>In fork</col>. <fld>(Mining)</fld> <cd>A mine is said to be <i>in fork<i>, or an engine to "have the water <i>in fork<i>," when all the water is drawn out of the mine.</cd> <i>Ure.</i> -- <mcol><col>The forks of a river</col> &or; <col>a road</col></mcol>, <cd>the branches into which it divides, or which come together to form it; the place where separation or union takes place.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fork</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>Fork</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shoot into blades, as corn.</def>