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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Prong

/prông/ · IPA /pɹɔŋ/
01 n. A sharp-pointed instrument.
  1. 1.
    A sharp-pointed instrument.
    “Prick it on a prong of iron.” — Sandys.
  2. 2.
    The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.
  3. 3.
    A sharp projection, as of an antler.(Zool.)