crotchet

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Synonyms: crochet, crotched, crotches, rotchet, crotch, crotchety, ratchet, bratchet, crouched, crutched, rochet

Antonyms: crochet, crotched, crotches, rotchet, crotch, crotchety, ratchet, bratchet, crouched, crutched, rochet

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|music}} A [[musical]] [[note]] one [[beat]] long in 4/4 time.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a [[hook]]
3. {{lb|en|surgery|now|chiefly|historical}} A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in [[obstetric]] surgery.
4. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[whim]] or a [[fancy#Noun|fancy]].
5. A forked support; a crotch.
6. {{lb|en|military|historical}} An [[indentation]] in the [[glacis]] of the covered way, at a point where a [[traverse]] is placed.
7. {{lb|en|military}} The arrangement of a body of [[troop]]s, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
8. {{lb|en|printing}} A [[square bracket]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} to play music in measured time
2. {{archaic form of|en|crochet|t=knit by looping}}.

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