/pich"fawrk'/ , n.
1. a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
2. pitchforks , Northern U.S. beggar's-lice, esp. the achenes of Spanish needles.
v.t.
3. to pitch or throw with or as if with a pitchfork.
[ 1425-75; late ME; see PITCH 1 , FORK ]