Crotchet(n.) A forked support; a crotch.
Crotchet(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.
Crotchet(n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
Crotchet(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.
Crotchet(n.) A bracket. See Bracket.
Crotchet(n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
Crotchet(n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
Crotchet(v. i.) To play music in measured time.
Crotcheted(a.) Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation.
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