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(kräc̸h′it)

noun

Archaic
1. a small hook
2. a hooklike part or device
Origin: < sense “hooked, twisted”
a peculiar whim or stubborn notion
Chiefly Brit. quarter note

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

See crotchet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
Music See quarter note.
Obsolete A small hook or hooklike structure.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English crochet

Origin: , from Old French; see crochet

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