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crotchet definition

crotchet (kräc̸h′it)

noun

  1. Archaic
    1. a small hook
    2. a hooklike part or device

  2. Etymology: < sense “hooked, twisted”

    a peculiar whim or stubborn notion
  3. Chiefly Brit. quarter note

Etymology: ME & OFr crochet, dim. < croc, hook: see crosier

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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