"used in absence of a spear. Military fork A fork is a pole weapon which was used in war in Europe between the 15th and 19th centuries. Like many polearms, the military fork traces its lineage to an agricultural tool, in this case the pitchfork. Unlike a trident used for fishing, the military fork was rarely barbed and normally consisted only of two tines (prongs) which were straight compared to the original pitchfork. The pair of tines usually ran parallel or slightly flared.This weapon was relatively easy to use compared to a sword, which could take years to learn how"
"Tine (structural) Tines or prongs or teeth are parallel or branching spikes forming parts of a tool or natural object. They are used to spear, hook, move or otherwise act on other objects. They may be made of metal, wood, bone or other hard, strong materials. The number of tines (also written tynes) on tools varies widely – a pitchfork may have just two, a garden fork may have four, and a rake or harrow many. Tines may be blunt, such as those on a fork used as an eating utensil; or sharp, as on a pitchfork; or even barbed,"
"to ten tynes with different lengths and spacing depending on purpose. They are usually made of steel with a long wooden handle, but may also be made from wood, wrought iron, bamboo, or alloy. In some parts of England a pitchfork is known as a ""prong"" and, in parts of Ireland, a ""sprong"" refers to a four-pronged pitchfork. The pitchfork is similar to the shorter and sturdier garden fork. Pitchforks and scythes have frequently been used as weapons by those who could not afford or did not have access to more expensive weapons such as swords, or, later, guns. As"
"Fork In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork (from the Latin ""furca"" (""pitchfork"")) is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife or to lift them to the mouth. Bone forks have been found in archaeological sites of the Bronze Age Qijia culture (2400–1900 BC), the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1050 BC), as well as later Chinese dynasties. A stone carving from an Eastern Han tomb (in Ta-kua-liang, Suide County,"
"Forceps ""Forceps"" (plural forceps or considered a plural noun without a singular, often a pair of forceps; the Latin plural ""forcipes"" is no longer recorded in most dictionaries) are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task. The term ""forceps"" is used almost exclusively within the medical field. Outside medicine, people usually refer to forceps as tweezers, tongs, pliers, clips or clamps. Mechanically, forceps employ the"
"class with its length dependent upon the forearm of the user. The two shorter prongs on either side of the main shaft are used for trapping (and sometimes breaking) other weapons such as a sword or bo. A form known as nunti sai, sometimes called ""manji"" sai (due to its appearance resembling the swastika kanji) has the two shorter prongs pointed in opposite directions. The ""tonfa"" may have originated as the handle of a millstone used for grinding grain. It is traditionally made from red oak, and can be gripped by the short perpendicular handle or by the longer main"
"two-pronged weapon strikingly similar in form to a pitchfork but actually related to the trident in design and purpose. Pitchfork A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and tynes used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw or leaves. A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and long, thick, widely separated pointed tynes used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw or leaves. True pitchforks typically have only two or three tynes, while manure forks have four or more. However, some forks with more"
"forks were originally made of wood, but the majority are now made of carbon steel or stainless steel. Garden forks are slightly different from pitchforks, which are used for moving loose materials such as piled hay, compost, or manure. Garden forks have comparatively a fairly short, usually wooden handle, with a ""D"" or ""T"" end. Their tines are usually shorter, flatter, thicker, and more closely spaced. A smaller version of such forks with shorter, closer-spaced, thinner tines (but a full-sized handle) is known as a ""border fork"" or ""ladies' fork"", and is used for lighter work such as weeding amongst"
"other plants. Forks with broader, flatter tines are made for lifting potatoes and other root crops from the ground. A pair of forks back-to-back is often used to lever apart dense clumps of roots. Garden fork A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is a gardening implement, with a handle and several (usually four) short, sturdy tines. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It is used similarly to a spade, but in many circumstances it is more appropriate than a spade: the tines allow the implement to be pushed more"
"Garden fork A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is a gardening implement, with a handle and several (usually four) short, sturdy tines. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It is used similarly to a spade, but in many circumstances it is more appropriate than a spade: the tines allow the implement to be pushed more easily into the ground, it can rake out stones and weeds and break up clods, it is not so easily stopped by stones, and it does not cut through weed roots or root-crops. Garden"
"Spork A spork (a portmanteau of ""spoon"" and ""fork""), is a hybrid form of cutlery taking the form of a spoon-like shallow scoop with two to four tines. Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork, have been manufactured since the late 19th century; patents for spork-like designs date back to at least 1874, and the word ""spork"" was registered as a trademark in the US and the UK decades later. They are used by fast food restaurants, schools, prisons, the military, backpackers and in airline meals. The word ""spork"" combines ""spoon"" and ""fork"". It appeared in"
"as on a trident. The terms ""tine"" and ""prong"" are mostly interchangeable. A tooth of a comb is a tine. Tines and prongs occur in nature—for example, forming the branched bony antlers of deer or the forked horns of pronghorn antelopes. The term ""tine"" is also used for mountains, such as the fictional Silvertine in ""The Lord of the Rings"". In chaos theory (physics, non-linear dynamics), the branches of a bifurcation diagram are called ""tines"" and ""subtines"". Tine (structural) Tines or prongs or teeth are parallel or branching spikes forming parts of a tool or natural object. They are used"
"Pitchfork A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and tynes used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw or leaves. A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and long, thick, widely separated pointed tynes used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw or leaves. True pitchforks typically have only two or three tynes, while manure forks have four or more. However, some forks with more than three tynes are also used for handling loose material such as hay or silage. Other forks have up"
"forks (a.k.a. yokes, one driving and one driven) and the two semi-spherical sliding pieces (one called male or spigot swivel and another called female or slotted swivel) which interlock in a floating (movable) connection. Each yoke jaw engages a circular groove formed on the intermediate members. Both intermediate members are coupled together in turn by a swivel tongue and grooved joint. When the input and output shafts are inclined at some working angle to each other, the driving intermediate member accelerates and decelerates during each revolution. Since the central tongue and groove joint are a quarter of a revolution out"
"for snedding (stripping the side shoots from a branch). In France and Italy it is widely used for pruning grape vines. The billhook is the European equivalent of tools such as machetes, parangs, and kukris. The billhook's use as a cutting tool goes back to the Bronze Age, and a few examples survive from this period—for example found in the sea around Greece. Iron examples from the later Iron Age have been found in pre-Roman settlements in several English counties as well as in France, Germany where it is called ""Hippe"" or ""Sechsle"" and Switzerland where it is called ""Gertel""."
"refers only to branches coming directly from the trunk. Because of the enormous quantity of branches in the world, there are a variety of names in English alone for them. In general however, unspecific words for a branch (such as rise) have been replaced by the word branch itself. A bough can also be called a limb or arm, and though these are arguably metaphors, both are widely accepted synonyms for bough. A crotch or fork is an area where a trunk splits into two or more boughs. A twig is frequently referred to as a sprig as well, especially"
"fork used in most parts of the world today was developed in Germany in the mid 18th century while the standard four-tine design became current in the early 19th century. The fork was important in Germany because they believed that eating with the fingers was rude and disrespectful. The fork led to family dinners and sit-down meals, which are important features of German culture. Fork In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork (from the Latin ""furca"" (""pitchfork"")) is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved"
"the hand with each blow so as to even the wear and, although the club soon wears out, a new one can easily be made. Froe A froe (or frow), shake axe or paling knife is a tool for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain. It is an L-shaped tool, used by hammering one edge of its blade into the end of a piece of wood in the direction of the grain, then twisting the blade in the wood by rotating the haft (handle). A froe uses the haft as a lever to multiply the force upon the"
"as the ""hua-tad"" (หัวแตด), which translates roughly as ""head chopper."" The most common blade in Thailand is called the ""pra"", (พร้า) it can describe long straight designs, or billhook designs. The primary purpose of a ""pra"" is farm work and clearing vegetation. In the various regions of Ecuador, it is still used as an everyday tool in agricultural labors, such as clearing, chopping, cutting and felling. In the Pacific coast region, the machete has a long history of use and can be seen as part of the everyday dress of the rural male inhabitants, especially in the provinces of Manabi,"
"consumed elsewhere. The usual design of chip forks has either two or three prongs at one end. Their length is somewhere between 7½ and 9 cm, their width between 1 and 1½ cm at the widest place. Today, these forks have completely replaced an earlier version of chip forks from the BeNeLux area which had to be cleaned and reused. Whether the throw-away version was first used in Berlin, Germany, or the Netherlands is disputed. In Germany, the local name ""Pommesgabel"", also ""Pommespicker"" (literally: ""Chip/French fries fork/picking device"") is a popular alternative denomination for the mano cornuta. Chip fork A"
"of each prong. The handle motion is small, so the user can hold the fork by the handle without damping the vibration, but the handle can still transmit the vibration to a resonator, which amplifies the sound of the fork. The user typically strikes the fork, and then presses the handle against a wooden box resonator, table top, edge of a musical instrument, or just behind their ear. If just held in open air, the sound of a tuning fork is very faint. The sound waves from each prong are 180° out of phase with the other, so at a"
"Froe A froe (or frow), shake axe or paling knife is a tool for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain. It is an L-shaped tool, used by hammering one edge of its blade into the end of a piece of wood in the direction of the grain, then twisting the blade in the wood by rotating the haft (handle). A froe uses the haft as a lever to multiply the force upon the blade, allowing wood to be torn apart with remarkably little force applied to the haft. By twisting one way or the other the direction of"
"Crowbar (tool) A crowbar, also called a wrecking bar, pry bar or prybar, pinch-bar, or occasionally a prise bar or prisebar, colloquially, in Britain and Australia sometimes called a jimmy (also called jimmy bar or jemmy), gooseneck, or pig foot, is a tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on one or both ends for removing nails. It is also a class 1 lever. In Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, due to the influence of American media ""crowbar"" may occasionally be used loosely for this tool, but"
"brag bcad gcod pa)."" Kangling Kangling (), literally translated as ""leg"" (""kang"") ""flute"" (""ling""), is the Tibetan name for a trumpet or horn made out of a human femur, used in Tibetan Buddhism for various chöd rituals as well as funerals performed by a chöpa. The femur of a criminal or a person who died a violent death is preferred. Alternatively, the femur of a respected teacher may be used. The kangling may also be made out of wood. The kangling should only be used in chöd rituals performed outdoors with the chöd damaru and bell. In Tantric chöd practice,"
"meaning ""teeth"", referring specifically to the three prongs, or ""teeth"", of the weapon. The Sanskrit name for the trident, """"trishula"""", is a compound of ""tri"" त्रि for ""three"" + ""ṣūla"" शूल for ""thorn"", calling the trident's three prongs ""thorns"" rather than ""teeth"". The Greek equivalent is τρίαινα (""tríaina""), from Proto-Greek ""trianja"", meaning ""threefold"". In Greek, Roman, and Hindu mythology, the trident is said to have the power of control over the ocean. Tridents for fishing usually have barbed tines, which trap the speared fish firmly. In the Southern and Midwestern United States, ""gigging"" is used for harvesting suckers, bullfrogs, flounder,"
"Kangling Kangling (), literally translated as ""leg"" (""kang"") ""flute"" (""ling""), is the Tibetan name for a trumpet or horn made out of a human femur, used in Tibetan Buddhism for various chöd rituals as well as funerals performed by a chöpa. The femur of a criminal or a person who died a violent death is preferred. Alternatively, the femur of a respected teacher may be used. The kangling may also be made out of wood. The kangling should only be used in chöd rituals performed outdoors with the chöd damaru and bell. In Tantric chöd practice, the practitioner, motivated by"
"Sergeant trumpeter and lutenist to the court. A tuning fork is a fork-shaped acoustic resonator used in many applications to produce a fixed tone. The main reason for using the fork shape is that, unlike many other types of resonators, it produces a very pure tone, with most of the vibrational energy at the fundamental frequency. The reason for this is that the frequency of the first overtone is about = = times the fundamental (about octaves above it). By comparison, the first overtone of a vibrating string or metal bar is one octave above (twice) the fundamental, so when"
"where it curves sharply down to the short ""grip"", just before the end of the haft, which is known as the ""knob"". Hammer axes (or axe-hammers) typically feature an extended poll, opposite the blade, shaped and sometimes hardened for use as a hammer. The name axe-hammer is often applied to a characteristic shape of perforated stone axe used in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Iron axe-hammers are found in Roman military contexts, e.g. Cramond, Edinburgh, and South Shields, Tyne and Wear. Axe An axe (British English) or ax (American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used"
"are usually interchangeable, and indeed scroll saws are often known as ""fret saws"" informally. The tool takes its name from its use in fretwork and ultimately from the French ""freter"" (lattice)—a reference to the intricate patterns often created using this tool. Because of its sheer size, the frame makes up a large proportion of the total weight of the tool and has a relatively large moment, which in the hands of an inexperienced user can create a tendency for the direction of cut to drift away from that desired. To counter this the fretsaw is usually used with the handle"
"prong hoes, tined hoes or bent forks) are hoes that have two or more tines at right angles to the shaft. Their use is typically to loosen the soil, prior to planting or sowing. It points out that the ability to cultivate effectively at small row distances. Split hoeing, contrasted to permanent plough-based cultivation systems and the intensification of agriculture. Hoe-farming may contain slash and burn clearance techniques, but they are not strictly necessary. It is usually embedded in the logic of subsistence agriculture. Hoe-farming Hoe-farming is a term introuduced (as ) by Eduard Hahn in 1910 to collectively refer"
"Broadfork In farming and gardening, the broadfork, also called a U-fork or , is a tool used to manually break up densely packed soil, like hardpan, to improve aeration and drainage. It consists of five or so metal tines, approximately eight inches long, spaced a few inches apart on a horizontal bar, with two handles extending upwards to chest or shoulder level, forming a large U-shape. The operator steps up on the crossbar, using full bodyweight to drive the tines into the ground, then steps backward while pulling backwards on the handles, causing the tines to lever upwards through the"
"are sometimes used to cut pizza, though the rolling pizza cutter is more common for this purpose. A cutting board is kitchen utensil used in conjunction with a knife. It is a flat surface, generally made of either wood, plastic or glass (glass are less common because they dull the blade; used more for decoration), on which to cut food and which protects counter tops and knives from damage. A carving fork is a long, two-pronged fork used to hold meat steady while it is being carved. Carving forks are often sold together with carving knives or slicers as part"
"Forb A forb (sometimes spelled phorb) is an herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grasses, sedges and rushes). The term is used in biology and in vegetation ecology, especially in relation to grasslands and understory. ""Forb"" is derived from the Greek φορβή (""phorbḗ""), ""pasture"" or ""fodder"". The spelling ""phorb"" is sometimes used, and in older usage this sometimes includes graminids and other plants currently not regarded as forbs. Forbs are members of a guild – a group of plant species with broadly similar growth form. In certain contexts in ecology, guild membership may often be more important than"