Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crochet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crochet \Cro*chet"\ (kr?-sh?"), n. [F. crochet small hook. See
{Croche}.]
A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with
worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used
adjectively.
{Crochet hook}, {Crochet needle}, a small hook, or a hooked
needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crochet \Cro*chet"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Crocheted}
(sh[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocheting} (-sh[=a]"[i^]ng).]
To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a
shawl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crochet
n : needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a
hooked needle [syn: {crocheting}]
v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread
2: interlock [syn: {hook}]
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