Crotchet: alternatives and connections

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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To butt; to push with the horns.

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The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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A hook or claw.

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Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.

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Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.

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The quality or state of being queer.

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A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

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