Forked /(?)/

Forked

a.
  1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
    A serpent seen, with forked tongue.
  2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.

Phrases & Compounds

Cross forked
a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also cross double fitché. A cross forked of three points is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points.
Forked counsel
advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice.