Fo*rin"se*cal (?), a. [L. forinsecus from without.] Foreign; alien.
[Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forisfamiliated (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Forisfamiliating (?).] [LL. forisfamiliatus, p. p. of
forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate; L. foris abroad, without + familia
family.] (LAw) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion
off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a
with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.
Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. i. (Law) To renounce a legal title to a further
share of paternal inheritance.
Fo`ris*fa*mil`i*a"tion (?), n. (Law) The act of forisfamiliating.
Fork (fÙrk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. FourchÈ, Furcate.] 1. An
instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or
more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly
curved; -- used for piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
2. Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the
extremity; as, a tuning fork.
3. One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a
prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an
arrow.
Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region of my heart.
Shak.
A thunderbolt with three forks.
Addison.
4. The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening
between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a
road.