Crotchet

Crotchet
Crotchet 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. [1913 Webster]

The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5. (Print.) A bracket. See {Bracket}. [1913 Webster]

6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. [1913 Webster]

He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]


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  • crotchet — late 14c., crocket, later small hook (early 15c.), from O.Fr. crochet (pronounced crotchet ) hook (see CROCHET (Cf. crochet)). As a surgical instrument, from 1750. Figurative use in musical notation is from mid 15c., from the shape of the notes.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Crotchet — Crotch et, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crotchet — (engl., spr. króttschett), Viertelnote …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • crotchet — index obsession Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Crotchet —   [englisch, krɔtʃɪt], im britischen Englisch Bezeichnung für Viertelnote (im amerikanischen Englisch quarter note) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • crotchet — *caprice, freak, fancy, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • crotchet — ► NOUN 1) Music, chiefly Brit. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem. 2) a perverse or unfounded belief or notion. ORIGIN Old French crochet little hook …   English terms dictionary

  • crotchet — [kräch′it] n. [ME & OFr crochet, dim. < croc, hook: see CROSIER] 1. Archaic a) a small hook b) a hooklike part or device 2. [< sense “hooked, twisted”] a peculiar whim or stubborn notion 3. Chiefly Brit …   English World dictionary

  • crotchet — UK [ˈkrɒtʃɪt] / US [ˈkrɑtʃət] noun [countable] Word forms crotchet : singular crotchet plural crotchets music British a musical note that is a quarter of the length of a semibreve …   English dictionary

  • crotchet — Bracket Brack et, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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