cross forked of three points

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cross forked of three points - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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