n
A shepherd's crook; a specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
n
A farming tool, with a long straight handle and several short, sturdy tines.
n
A durable stick, usually sharpened, often with attachments to facilitate pushing or pulling, used in subsistence agriculture for digging or tilling.
n
A tool used to manipulate logs; a peavy.
n
(mining) Alternative form of fork (“bottom of a sump”) [A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.]
n
(figuratively) A decision point.
n
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
adj
Obsolete spelling of forked [That splits into two or more directions, or parts.]
adv
In the manner of a fork.
n
A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
n
(rare, obsolete) A spear or dart.
n
A particular type of mechanism for cocking a crossbow.
n
Alternative spelling of handbill [A pruning hook.]
n
(Scotland) A grain sieve.
n
One who hatches (intransitive senses)
n
(obsolete) A reaping hook.
n
An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
n
(Northern England, Yorkshire) Wooden tongs used for plucking weeds from among stalks of corn or grain.
n
A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
n
(engineering) A joint where the forked end of a connecting rod is joined by a bolt to another piece of the machinery.
n
A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
n
A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.
n
A long-handled tool with two prongs used to unseat ball-and-socket joints.
n
(rare) A long-handled fork for mixing or digging.
n
(obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A hayfork.
n
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
n
Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.
n
A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other biohazardous material, set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
n
A similar strap, used as a spanking instrument
n
A whisk made of heather.
n
(obsolete) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
n
(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
n
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
n
(obsolete outside Freemasonry) A metal spike to which is attached a small drum onto which is wound string or line. In use, the spike is pushed into the ground to anchor it, and then the line is pulled out as far as needed to mark a straight edge.
n
(historical) A long heavy branch with a forked end, into which a slave's neck was fixed to prevent escape from a work gang.
n
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
n
A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon.
n
(archaic or obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
n
A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
n
(archaic) A snare; a trapan.
n
(engineering) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.
n
(obsolete) A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!
Today's secret word is 6 letters and means "Not working as originally intended." Can you find it?