Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crotched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crotch \Crotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crotched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Crotch"ing}.]
1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to;
as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying
knots.
2. (Logging) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a
grip for the dogs in hauling. [Western, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crotched \Crotched\, a. (Billiards)
Lying within a crotch; -- said of the object balls in the
three-ball carom game whenever the centers of both lie within
a 41/2-inch square at a corner of the table, in which case
but three counts are allowed unless one or both balls be
forced out of the crotch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crotched \Crotched\ (kr?cht), a.
1. Having a crotch; forked.
2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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