crotchet
11crotchet — Bracket Brack et, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …
12Crotchet — Leafy decorations or curls, e.g. on the top of capitals or other surfaces, often in high relief. These are very distinctive of Gothic architecture, so called for their likeness to a crotchet = a hook …
13crotchet — [[t]krɒ̱tʃɪt[/t]] crotchets N COUNT A crotchet is a musical note that has a time value equal to two quavers. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, use quarter note) …
14Crotchet Castle — First edition title page Crotchet Castle is the sixth novel by Thomas Love Peacock, first published in 1831.[1] As in his earlier novel Headlong Hall, Peacock assembles a group of eccentrics, each with a single monomaniacal obsession, and derives …
15crotchet rest — noun A rest having the same duration as a crotchet; a quarter rest. Syn: quarter rest …
16crotchet — noun Etymology: Middle English crochet, from Anglo French crochet, croket more at crocket Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a. a small hook or hooked instrument b. brooch 2. a. a highly …
17crotchet — n. [F. crochet, small hook] 1. A hooked or forklike process. 2. (ANNELIDA) A curved seta (chaeta), notched at the distal ends. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) see crochet …
18crotchet — /kroch it/, n. 1. an odd fancy or whimsical notion. 2. a small hook. 3. a hooklike device or part. 4. Entomol. a small, hooklike process. 5. Music. Chiefly Brit. a quarter note. See illus. under note. 6. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp… …
19crotchet — 1. noun a) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time. Thou who walkest in a vain shew, looking out with ornamental dilettante sniff and serene supremacy at all Life and all Death; and amblest jauntily; perking up thy poor talk into crotchets, thy… …
20crotchet — Synonyms and related words: L, accidental, angle, apex, bee, bend, bifurcation, bight, boutade, brainstorm, breve, cant, capriccio, caprice, chevron, coin, conceit, corner, crank, craze, crazy idea, crook, deflection, demisemiquaver, dogleg,… …
