CROTCHET (from the Fr. croche, a

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

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

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

French, for the

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

knitting-

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• WORK

work done with a hook instead of on pins)  , properly a small hook, and so used of the hook-like setae or bristles found in certain worms which burrow in sand . In music, a "crotchet " is a note of half the value of a minim and double that of a quaver; it is marked by a round black head and a line without a tail or hook; the French croche is used of a " quaver " which has a tail, but in ancient music the semiminima, the modern crotchet, is marked by an open note with a hook . Derived either from an old French proverbial phrase, it a des crochues en teste, or from a meaning of twist or turn, as in the similar expression " crank," comes the sense of a whim, fancy or perverse idea, seen also in the adjective " crotchety " of a fussy unreasonable person .