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noun

Crotchet n.

A forked support; a crotch. "The crotchets of their cot in columns rise."

(Mus.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

(Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.

(Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.

(Print.) A bracket. See Bracket.

(Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.

A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. "He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man."

verb

Crotchet v. i. To play music in measured time. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Crotchet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crotchet" Quotes from Famous Books

... I have,' said I, 'and always had, since you and I was to singing-school together, and larnt sharps, flats, and naturals. It was a crotchet of mine,' and I just whipped my arm round her waist, took her up and kissed her afore she knowed where she was. Oh Lordy! Out came her comb, and down fell her hair to her waist, like a mill-dam broke loose; and two false curls and a braid fell on the floor, ...

— Nature and Human Nature • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

... "A hook or crotchet is fixed upon the stone in such a way as easily to hold it firm, even when shaken, so that it may not revolve backward; then an iron instrument is used, of moderate thickness, thin at the front end but blunt, which, when applied to the ...

— Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine • James Sands Elliott

... he let drop, I fancy he has a crotchet in his head that his lordship will find him some work when he comes home. But I must go on my way," added Mirrable. "Mrs. Gum's not well, and I sent word I'd look ...

— Elster's Folly • Mrs. Henry Wood

... This is a critical matter, do you see, and if it were known in this place that your young mistress had gone away as she has done—though quite innocently—upon my honour—I think it would blast her. You would not like, for a stupid crotchet, to ...

— Wylder's Hand • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

... edge of the pelvis. The pains again ceased, the pudenda began to swell from frequent examination, the bitch began to stagger, and made frequent attempts to void her urine, with extreme difficulty in accomplishing it. I now resorted to the crotchet; and after many unsuccessful attempts, in which the superior part of the vagina must have been considerably bruised, I fixed it sufficiently firmly to draw the head into the cavity of the pelvis. Here for a while the shoulder ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

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