tined

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Forks were a dandy's innovation from Italy, and young men returning from the Grand Tour in Shakespeare's day with tined implements in their pockets were thought effeminate by their deft-fingered fathers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides, the ground would be deeply worked with the two or four tined hoe, at the time of thinning.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

Vengents, like a 2 tined pitchfork in the hands of Old Nick, will bust up any party which goes back onto its trusted leaders.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 by Various

Archibald, the third Earl of Douglas, was so unfortunate in all his enterprises, that he acquired the epithet of 'tine-man,' because he tined, or lost, his followers in every battle which he fought.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

Tin cups and platters made humble substitution for china, and were appropriately accompanied by cast-iron knives and two tined forks.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John