† 1.  An arrow with barbed head. Obs.

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1590.  Spenser, F. Q., III. v. 19.

        With that at him a quiu’ring dart he threw,
  With so fell force and villeinous despighte,
  That through his haberieon the forkehead flew,
  And through the linked mayles empierced quite.

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  2.  Mech. a. (see quot. 1874); b. = CROSS-TAIL.

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1839.  [see CROSS-TAIL].

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1874.  Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 908/1. Fork-head. The double head of a rod which divides in order to form a connection by means of a pin.

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