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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1680
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(Schakefork,) Shakfork, n. [ME and e.m.E. schakfork a two-pronged wooden fork used by threshers (1338); S(c)hake v.] In heraldry, a Y-shaped charge. — 1680 Mackenzie Science Herauldry xi 33.
This is called a shak-fork with us, and should not touch the corners of the escutcheon
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