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Crotch"et (kr?ch"?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.] 1. A forked support; a crotch.
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The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden.
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2. (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.
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3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
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4. (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.
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5. (Print.) A bracket. See Bracket.
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6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Dunglison.
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7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
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He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. De Quincey.
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Crotch"et, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.
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