FORK
NOUNS
► DUKE OF YORK a fork → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► FANG the prong of a fork of any kind → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► FANGLES the prongs of a fork → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► SILVER FORK a wooden skewer used as a chopstick when forks were scarce → 1870 Winchester usage
► TANG a sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs of a fork; a prong or tine of a stag’s horn → 1688 Eng. dial.
► TINE the prong of a fork; the point of any implement → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TING the prong of a fork; a ‘tine’ → 1777 Eng. dial.
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