crotchet
n . 怪想,奇想,反复无常,小钩
怪想,奇想,反复无常,小钩
crotchet n 1 :
a sharp curve or crook ;
a shape resembling a hook [
synonym :
{
hook }, {
crotchet }]
2 :
a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note [
synonym : {
quarter note }, {
crotchet }]
3 :
a strange attitude or habit [
synonym : {
oddity }, {
queerness },
{
quirk }, {
quirkiness }, {
crotchet }]
4 :
a small tool or hooklike implement Crotchet \
Crotch "
et \ (
kr ?
ch "?
t ;
224 ),
n . [
F .
crochet ,
prop .,
a little hook ,
a dim .
from the same source as croc hook .
See {
Crook },
and cf . {
Crochet }, {
Crocket }, {
Crosier }.]
1 .
A forked support ;
a crotch .
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1913 Webster ]
The crotchets of their cot in columns rise .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mus .)
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Fort .)
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way ,
at a point where a traverse is placed .
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1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Mil .)
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Print .)
A bracket .
See {
Bracket }.
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1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Med .)
An instrument of a hooked form ,
used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus . --
Dunglison .
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7 .
A perverse fancy ;
a whim which takes possession of the mind ;
a conceit .
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He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man . --
De Quincey .
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Crotchet \
Crotch "
et \,
v .
i .
To play music in measured time . [
Obs .] --
Donne .
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1913 Webster ]
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 }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Arch .)
An architectural member ,
plain or ornamental ,
projecting from a wall or pier ,
to support weight falling outside of the same ;
also ,
a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
This is the more general word .
See {
Brace },
{
Cantalever }, {
Console }, {
Corbel }, {
Strut }.
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Engin . &
Mech .)
A piece or combination of pieces ,
usually triangular in general shape ,
projecting from ,
or fastened to ,
a wall ,
or other surface ,
to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Naut .)
A shot ,
crooked timber ,
resembling a knee ,
used as a support .
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4 . (
Mil .)
The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Print .)
One of two characters [],
used to inclose a reference ,
explanation ,
or note ,
or a part to be excluded from a sentence ,
to indicate an interpolation ,
to rectify a mistake ,
or to supply an omission ,
and for certain other purposes ; --
called also {
crotchet }.
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1913 Webster ]
6 .
A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall ,
column ,
or the like .
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1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Gunnery )
A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it ,
as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece ; --
only used in the phrase ,
to establish a bracket .
After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained .
In the United States navy it is called {
fork }.
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Bracket light },
a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall ,
column ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "
crotchet ":
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 ,
dominant ,
dominant note ,
double whole note ,
eccentricity ,
eighth note ,
elbow ,
ell ,
enharmonic ,
enharmonic note ,
fad ,
fancy ,
fantastic notion ,
fantasy ,
flat ,
flimflam ,
fool notion ,
fork ,
freak ,
freakish inspiration ,
furcation ,
half note ,
harebrained idea ,
hemidemisemiquaver ,
hook ,
humor ,
inflection ,
kink ,
knee ,
maggot ,
megrim ,
minim ,
musical note ,
natural ,
nook ,
note ,
notion ,
passing fancy ,
patent note ,
point ,
quarter note ,
quaver ,
quirk ,
quoin ,
report ,
responding note ,
semibreve ,
semiquaver ,
shaped note ,
sharp ,
sixteenth note ,
sixty -
fourth note ,
spiccato ,
staccato ,
sustained note ,
swerve ,
tercet ,
thirty -
second note ,
tone ,
toy ,
triplet ,
twist ,
vagary ,
veer ,
vertex ,
whim ,
whim -
wham ,
whimsy ,
whole note ,
zag ,
zig ,
zigzag
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