crotchet

1. n. A forked support; a crotch. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. A bracket. See Bracket. Source: opted

6. n. An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Source: opted

7. n. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. Source: opted

8. v. i. To play music in measured time. Source: opted

9. n. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook Source: wordnet

10. n. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note Source: wordnet

11. n. a strange attitude or habit Source: wordnet

12. n. a small tool or hooklike implement Source: wordnet

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