Forked
Forked , adjective
1.
Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
A serpent seen, with forked tongue.
2.
Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Collocations (2)
Cross forked (Heraldry) , a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also cross double fitché. A cross forked of three points is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points.
Forked counsel , advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson