CROTCHED

Etymology

Adjective

crotched (comparative more crotched, superlative most crotched)

Having a crotch or fork; forked.

(billiards) Lying within one of the crotches on the table.

(UK, dialect) cross; peevish

Verb

crotched

simple past tense and past participle of crotch

Source: Wiktionary


Crotched (krcht), a.

1. Having a crotch; forked.

2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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