crotchet

Definitions

1. 1.(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.
2. 2.(Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
3. 3.(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.
4. 4.(Print.) A bracket. See Bracket.
5. 5.(Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Dunglison.
6. 6.A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. De Quincey.
7. 7.To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is crotchet.

• What is 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 called?
• What is an indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is an instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Dunglison called?
• What is a perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. De Quincey called?
• What is to play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne called?