See also:

• CROTCHET (from the Fr. croche, a hook; whence also the Anglicized " crochet," pronounced as in French, for the knitting-work done with a hook instead of on pins)

CROTCHET (from the Fr. croche, a See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook; whence also the Anglicized " crochet," pronounced as in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, for the See also:

• KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

knitting-See also:

• WORK

work done with a hook instead of on pins)  , properly a small See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook, and so used of the hook-like setae or bristles found in certain See also:

• WORMS

worms which burrow in See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand . In See also:

• MUSIC

music, a "See also:

• CROTCHET (from the Fr. croche, a hook; whence also the Anglicized " crochet," pronounced as in French, for the knitting-work done with a hook instead of on pins)

crotchet " is a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of See also:

• HALF

half the value of a See also:

• MINIM (adapted from Lat. minimus, the smallest; a superlative formed from the Indo-Germanic root min-, small)

minim and See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double that of a quaver; it is marked by a See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and a See also:

• LINE

line without a tail or hook; the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French croche is used of a " quaver " which has a tail, but in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient music the semiminima, the See also:

• MODERN

modern crotchet, is marked by an open note with a hook . Derived either from an old French proverbial phrase, it a See also:

• DES

des crochues en teste, or from a meaning of twist or turn, as in the similar expression " See also:

• CRANK

crank," comes the sense of a whim, See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy or perverse See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea, seen also in the See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective " crotchety " of a fussy unreasonable See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person .