[pich-fawrk] 
| 1. | a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc. |
| 2. | pitchforks, Northern U.S. beggar's-lice, esp. the achenes of Spanish needles. |
| 3. | to pitch or throw with or as if with a pitchfork. |
| pitch·fork (pĭch'fôrk') n. A large, long-handled fork with sharp, widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay. tr.v. pitch·forked, pitch·fork·ing, pitch·forks To lift or toss with or as if with a pitchfork. [Alteration (influenced by pichen, to throw) of Middle English pikforke : pik, pick; see pick2 or pik, spike; see pike5 + forke, fork; see fork.] |
