forisfamiliate 
II. intrans. In law, to renounce a legal title 
to a further share of paternal inheritance. 
forisfamiliation (f6"ris-fa-inil-i-a'shon), . 
[< forixfniiiiliate + -tow.] The act of forisfa- 
miliating, or the state of being forisfamiliated. 
My father could not be serious in the sentence of fitrw- 
f(nnili(ttin which he had so unhesitatingly i>r<>MoiuictMl. 
Scott, Bob l!.i.\. iii. 
forjeskit (fijr-jes'kit), a. [Sc., pp., < Dan. for- 
jaske, forhjaske, soil, tumble, rumple, < for- + 
jaske, tr. soil, jumble, draggle, mtr. dabble, 
paddle.] Wearied out ; jaded with fatigue. 
Forjeskit sair, with weary legs, 
Rattliu' the corn oot owre the rigs. 
Burns, Second Epistle to J. Lapraik. 
forjudge (f^r-juj'), v. t. [ME. forjugen, < OF. 
forjuger, forjugier, forsjuger, forsjugier, take 
away by judicial sentence, confiscate, alienate, 
nonsuit, judge unjustly, etc., < ML. forixjudi- 
care, take away by judicial sentence, confis- 
cate, deprive, < L. foris, outside, + judicare, 
judge: see /or-3 and judge, v.] If. To judge 
wrongfully. 
Falsly accused, and of his toon for judged 
Without answere, while he was absent 
He damned was. 
Lydyate, Complaint of the Black Knight, 1. 274. 
2. To deprive by judicial sentence. 
Thei a-corded in the ende that he sholde be disherlted. 
. . . Whan Bertelays saughhe vtaxfor-Iurjed, and that he 
ne myght noon othirwise do, he returned with-oute moo 
wordes. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), iii. 470. 
Forjudged of life and lands for cowardice in battle. 
F. Pollock, Land Laws, p. 25. 
Hence 3. In law, to expel from a court for mal- 
practice or non-appearance. 
forjudger (f$r-juj'er), n. [< OF. forjuger, inf. 
as n. : see forjudge.] In law, a judgment by 
which a man is deprived or put out of the thing 
in question; a judgment of expulsion or ban- 
ishment. 
fork (fdrk), . [< ME. fork, forJce, < AS. fore 
= OFries. forke, furke = D. vork = LG. fork = 
OHG. furka, MHG. furke, Or. dial, furke, forke 
= loel.forkr = Dan. fork = OF. forche, fourehe 
(whence ME. also forche, fourehe), OF. also 
fourque, furke, F. fourehe = Pr. OSp. /oral = 
Sp. horca = Pg. It. forca = W. fforch, ffwrch, a 
fork, < L. furca, a fork.] 1. An instrument or 
tool consisting of a handle with a shank, usu- 
ally of metal, terminating in two or more 
prongs or tines. Specifically (a) Such an instru- 
ment, of small size, used at table to hold food while it is 
being cut with the knife, and to lift food to the mouth. 
The Italian . . . strangers . . . doe alwaies at their 
rneales use a little forke when they cut their meate. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 106. 
This ceremony [of washing], which in former times was 
constantly practised as well before as after meat, seems 
to have fallen into disuse on the Introduction of forks, 
about the year 1620 ; as before that period our ancestors 
supplied the place of this necessary utensil with their fin- 
gers. Ritton, quoted in Child's Ballads, V. 26, note. 
(i) One of various agricultural tools with the prongs of 
which loose substances are gathered and lifted, as a hay- 
fork or dung-/orfc. See pitchfork. 
The peasants urge their harvest, ply the fork 
With double toil, and shiver at their work. 
Coaper, Table-Talk, 1. 214. 
2. Something resembling a fork in form, (a) A 
tuning-fork. (6) A fork-chuck, (c) MUit. : (It) A weapon 
for thrusting, with a long handle and two points or prongs. 
Also called war-fork. (2) A rest for a heavy musket used 
in the sixteenth century. See croc, (d) In clock-making, 
a bifurcation fixed at right angles to the end of the crutch 
which descends from the pallet-arbor. The fork embraces 
the pendulum-rod, and transfers the motion of its vibra- 
tions to the crutch and the pallets. 
3. One of the parts into which anything is di- 
vided by bifurcation ; a forking branch or di- 
vision ; a prong or shoot : as, the forks of a 
road or stream ; Clark's fork of Columbia river ; 
a, fork of lightning. 
The ancients . . . represented a thunderbolt with three 
forks. Addison, Ancient Medals. 
4f. The point or barb of an arrow. 
Lear. The bow is bent and drawn ; make from the shaft. 
Kent. Let it fall rather, though the fork invade 
The region of my heart. Shak., Lear, i. 1. 
5. The bifurcated part of the human frame ; the 
legs. [Humorous.] 
Lord Cardigan had so good a stature that, although 
somewhat long in the fork, he yet sat rather tall in the 
saddle. , Kinglake, Crimea, xxii. 
6f. A gibbet ; in the plural, the gallows. See 
furca. 
I would starve now, 
Hang, drown, despair, deserve the forks, . . . 
Ere I would own thy follies. 
Fletcher, Bonduca, 1. 2. 
They had run through all punishments, and j ust 'scaped 
the fork. Butler, Remains, II. 195. 
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7. In mining, the bottom of the sump. I'ri/fi: 
Fork-and-grid stop-motion, in unit-inn, s stop- 
ninHiin. In fork, in n<inin<j. See/ori, D. (., 3. 
fork (fork), '. [</*,.] I. trans. 1. To raise 
or pitch with a fork, as hay. 2. To dig and 
break with a fork, as ground. 3. In mining, 
to pump or otherwise clear out (water) from 
a shaft or mine. Forking the water is drawing it all 
out ; and when it is done the mine or the water is said to 
be forked, and the engine to be in fork. Pryce. To fork 
out or over, to hand or pay over ; pay down. (Slang. ] 
What must I fork out to-night, my tramp, 
For the whole first-floor of the Magpie and Stump ? 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 285. 
If I am willing to fork out a sum of money, he may be 
willing to give up his chance of Diplow. 
Qeorge Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxviii. 
II. intrans. 1. To become bifurcated or fork- 
ed ; send out diverging parts like the tines of a 
fork. 2. In mining, to draw out water from a 
shaft. 
fork-beam (fork'bem), n. Naut., a short beam 
introduced to support the deck of a vessel where 
there is no framing. 
forkbeard (fdrk'berd), n. An English gadoid 
fish, I'hycis blennioides. The ventral fins are jugu- 
lar in position, and appear to be forked or bifurcate, from 
the fact that two rays are elongated and enveloped at the 
base in a common skin, whence the name. Also called 
forked-beard and hake'8-daitM. 
fork-chuck (fdrk'chuk), n. An appendage to a 
turning-lathe, so called from the fact that the 
part which is screwed on the mandrel has on the 
outer side a square hole in which forked pieces 
of iron of different sizes, according to the 
strength required, are placed when in use. 
forked (fdrTsed or f6rkt), o. [< ME. forked, 
forket; <fork + -ed?.] 1. Having a fork or bi- 
furcation ; separating into diverging parts like 
the tines of a fork. 
Unaccommodated [unclothed], man is no more but such 
a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. 
Shak., Lear, iii. 4. 
Proud as Apollo on his/or*f hill. 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 231. 
He saw 
No pale sheet-lightnings from afar, but/ori'd 
Of the near storm, and aiming at his head. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
2. Ambiguous; equivocal. 
Give forked counsel ; take provoking gold 
On either hand, and put it up. 
B. Joiaon, Volpone, i. 1. 
3. Pointed, or prolonged to a point : as, forked 
shoes. Forked chickweed, drill, etc. See the nouns. 
Forked dagger, a dagger whose guard projects forward in 
two points or horns, one on each Bide of the blade. Such 
a weapon was formerly used ill the left hand for parrying 
the thrusts of an adversary's rapier, and by seizing the 
blade to break it off or throw it out of line. 
forked-beard (forkt'berd), . Same as fork- 
beard. 
forkedly (for'ked-li), adv. In a forked form. 
forkedness (f or'ked-nes), n. The quality of be- 
ing forked or opening into two or more parts. 
forkervet, r. t. See/orcarre. 
fork-head (fork'hed), n. An arrow-head having 
two points directed forward, as distinguished 
from barbs. 
forkiness (f6r'ki-nes), n. The quality or state 
of being forky or forked. Cotgrave. 
fprkless (fork'les), a. [<fork + -less.'] Hav- 
ing no forks ; not bifurcated. 
fork-moss (fork'm6s), n. See moss. 
fork-rest (fork'rest), n. A bifurcated instru- 
ment carried by a soldier to serve as a rest in 
aiming the heavy firearms formerly in use ; a 
fork. 
forks-and-knives (f orkz'and-nivz' ), . A club- 
moss, Lycopodium clavattim : so called from a 
fancied resemblance of the fruiting spikes to 
forks and knives. [Prov. Eng.] 
forktail (fork'tal), . [_<fork + toiP.] 1. A 
fish with a forked tail, as the salmon and sword- 
fish: a fishermen's term. 2. The kite: from its 
forked tail. 3. A bird of the family Henicu- 
rfcte. 
fork-tailed (fork'tald), a. Having a forked 
tail; scissor-tailed ; swallow-tailed Fork-tail- 
ed flycatcher, an American tyrant-flycatcher of the genus 
Milwdu*, as M. tyrannu* or M. forficatus. Also called 
scifKttrtail. Fork-tailed shrike, a drongo; any shrike 
of the family Dicntridce. 
fork-wrench (fork'rench), n. A spanner with 
two jaws which embrace a nut or a square on a 
coupling. E. H. Knight. 
forky (for'ki), a. [</orfc + -yi.] Forked; fur- 
cate. 
At each Approach they lash their forky Stings. 
Conffreve, Semele, ii. 1. 
The last, and trustiest of the four, 
On high his forky pennon bore. 
Scott, Mam, km. i. 8. 
forlorn 
forlana (for-lii'na), . [It. dial.] 1. A Vene- 
tian dance. 2. Music written for such a dance, 
or in its rhythm, which is sextuple and quick. 
Alsofurlano. 
forlayt (for-la'), v. t. [Alaoforelay; irreg., after 
the supposed analogy of verbs prop, in for-, 
from ' lie in wait/r'; lay, tr., for lie; cf. ifiiy- 
lay. Cf. forlie, differently formed.] To lie in 
wait for ; ambush. 
He, being many times forelaid by the trains of traitors. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus (1609). 
And lastly, how cunningly doth he forelay their con- 
fidence ... in the Almighty, protesting not to bee come 
up thither without the Lord. 
Bp. Hall, Hezekiah and Sennacherib. 
An ambush'd thief forelays a traveller. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., i. 493. 
forleavet, v. t. [ME. forleven, forkanen (pp. 
forleft,forlaft) ; </or-l + leave*.] To leave be- 
hind; abandon; give up. 
A theef of venisoun that hath forlaft 
His licorousnesse, and al his theves craft, 
Can kepe a forest best of any man. 
Chaucer, Doctor's Tale, 1. 83. 
forlendt,''. t. [Improp./orefejid; < /or- 1 + lend.] 
To give up. Nares. 
As if that life to losse they had forelent, 
And cared not to spare that should be shortly spent. 
Spenter, F. Q., IV. iii. 6. 
f orleset , v. t. [ME. forlesen, forleosen (pret. for- 
les, forleas, pi. forlure, pp. forloren, forlorn, 
rarely forlost : see i forlorn), < AS. forleosan (= 
OS. farliosan = OFries. forliesa = D. verliezen 
= OHG. farliosan, MHG. verliesen, G. verlieren, 
lose, = Dan. forlise = Sw. forlisa, tr. lose, intr. 
be lost, = Goih..fraUnsan), lose, < for- + leosan, 
lose : see /or- 1 and lose."] 1 . To lose entirely or 
completely; abandon. 
Aurelius, that his cost hath &l forlorn, 
Curseth the tyme that evere he was born. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, L 829. 
She held hireself & forlost creature. 
Chaticer, Troilus, Iv. 756. 
The order of preest-hode lie husforlorne. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 97. 
2. To bereave ; deprive. 
When as night hath us of light forlorn. 
Spenser, Sonnets, Ixxxvl. 
forlett, t'. ' [ME. forteten, forlaiten (pret. for- 
Ict, pp. forleten), < AS.forl&tan (= OS. farldtan 
= D. verlaten = OHG.farldzan, MHG. verlazen, 
G. verlassen = Icel. fyrirldta = Sw. forl&ta = 
Dar. forlade), let go, relinquish, forsake, < for- 
+ laetan, let : see for- 1 and let 1 .'] To let go ; re- 
linquish; leave; abandon; depart from; for- 
sake; lose. 
loforlete synne. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
So that thulke stude was vor-lete niony aday 
That no cristemnon ne paynym nuste war the rode lay. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 34. 
forleygnet, f. t. Soeforloyne. Chaucer. 
forlie (for-li'), t-. t. [< ME./or%0ew, < AS. for- 
licgan, refl., lie with, fornicate, < for- + licgan, 
lie: see/oMand/iel.] If. To lie with. 2. To 
overlay (a child). Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
forlightent, t. To decrease ; lighten. 
We hafe as losels liffyde many longe daye, 
Wyth delyttes in this land with lordchipez many, 
And forelytenede the loos that we are lay ttede. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 254. 
forliyet, . . [ME. forlyven ; < /pr-1 + livel.] 
To live pervertedly ; degenerate in race or na- 
ture. 
They ne sholden nat owtrayen orforlyven fro the vertuus 
of hyr noble kynrede. Chaucer, Eoethius, iii. prose 6. 
Eni forliued wrecche. King Horn (E. E. T. 8.), p. 104. 
forloret (f$r-16r'), v. t. An erroneous form for 
'forlose, forlese, after forlorn. 
Thus fell the trees, with noise the deserts roar ; 
The beasts their caves, the birds their nests forlore. 
Fairfax. 
forloret, See forlorn. 
forlorn (f^r-ldrn'), and n. [< ME. forlorn, 
forloren, forlore, < AS. forloren (= D. verloren 
= G. verloren = Dan. forloren), pp. of forleosan, 
lose: see forlese.'] I.t a. 1. Lost; deserted; 
forsaken; abandoned. 
Is all his force forlome, and all his glory donne? 
Spenser, F. Q., II. v. 35. 
Belating then how long this soil had lain/ortom. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 101. 
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. 
Shak., Tit. And., ii. S. 
Hence 2. Without help or succor; helpless; 
wretched; miserable. 
The Saxons, taking Advantage of his [Cadwalladar's] Ab- 
sence, came over in Swarms, and dispossessed the forlorn 
Britains of all they had, and divided the Land amongst 
themselves. Baker, Chronicles, p. 5. 
