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furcatura 1 fork, bifurcation (of roads); v. et. furchiatura. b (land in) fork (of rivers). a1198 in viam que ducit versus hospitale usque ad ~am vie que venit ab aquilonari parte petarie Kelso 14.  b a1181 (1316) dedi ‥ xij acras in forcatura ubi aqua de Linc’ et aqua de Gerewic conveniunt in marisco de Hekinton CalCh III 319 (= MonA V 337). 2 (?) forked branch as perch for hawk. c1225 aves etiam †dentes [siced.; MS: cetinos] ‥ et unam ~am vobis transmisimus (Lit. Regis Norvegiae) RL I 486 (= Diplomatarium Norvegium XIX i 125).

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