Crotch"et, v. i. To play music
in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.
Crotch"et*ed, a. Marked or
measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar
(1587).
Crotch"et*i*ness (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s),
n. The state or character of being
crotchety, or whimsical.
This belief in rightness is a kind of
conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes
crotchetiness.
J. Grote.
Crotch"et*y (kr?ch"?t-?), a.
Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety
man.
Cro"ton (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;, prop., a tick, which the seed of the croton
resembles.] (Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants
belonging to tropical countries.
Croton oil (Med.),
a viscid,
acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton
Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most
powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a
pustulant.Cro"ton bug` (b?g`). [From the Croton water of
New York.] (Zoöl.) A small, active, winged
species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug.
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