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Meanings of forked sticks in English

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Usage of forked sticks in English
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Jane Grigson in her Fruit Book suggests forked sticks under the branches.
The Irish Times
2
He's dead. Brys turned over the spits propped on their split- forked sticks.
The river kings' road
3
This pole was held up by two forked sticks driven into the ground.
Stories of American Life and Adventure
4
I would have much preferred to use two forked sticks, thus eliminating the problem.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
5
Our spits were forked sticks, our plates were large chips.
The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey
6
Outside, on a birch sapling, supported by two forked sticks, hung a rusty kettle.
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
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The luckless slaves were yoked in gangs, often with their necks fastened into forked sticks.
Chatterbox, 1906
8
It was formed of two ranges of a number of upright forked sticks, of sufficient length.
Life and Travels of Mungo Park
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To this was attached two shorter forked sticks.
In the Amazon Jungle / Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper A...
10
They were then stuck on skewers, and in woodland fashion placed on forked sticks before the fire.
In the Eastern Seas
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We had the paca scientifically trussed and spitted, and placed over the fire on two forked sticks.
On the Banks of the Amazon
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Each one was his own cook; forked sticks served for spits, and chips of wood for dishes.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
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Besides the Arabs, there were numerous blacks, secured together, in the ordinary barbarous fashion, with forked sticks.
The Three Commanders
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Their dead were buried in canoes, which rested in the crotches of forked sticks a few feet above-ground.
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ...
15
Clouds of succulent steam caused empty stomachs to growl as the bear meat was removed with forked sticks.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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An iron cauldron hung above it on a pole supported on two forked sticks embedded in the floor.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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