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English Dictionary: prong by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prong
n
  1. a pointed projection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prong \Prong\, n. [Cf. D. prangen to pinch, press, LG. prange a
      stick, or W. procio to thrust, E. prowl, pang.]
      1. A sharp-pointed instrument.
  
                     Prick it on a prong of iron.               --Sandys.
  
      2. The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork
            of two or three prongs.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A sharp projection, as of an antler.
            (b) The fang of a tooth.
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