forcipal
English
Adjective
forcipal (not comparable)
- Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
- Mechanics make use hereof in forcipal organs, and instruments of incision
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for forcipal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)