furchy

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A form of fourche — Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.

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Meanings

adjectivefurchy (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic form of fourche (“forked”).

    4. Gules, the Badge of the Order of St. Lazarus. 5. Sable, a Cross furchy, or forked, Or. 6. Gules, a[…]

    1731, Francis Nichols, The British Compendium: Or, Rudiments of Honour ..., page 30
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    On another flat sone: Staresmore, impaled with, Argent, a lion rampant queué furchy Sable, Cressy; fig. 29.

    1810, John Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester: ... By John Nichols, ... In Four Volumes, page 187
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