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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crotched \Crotched\ (kr[o^]cht), a.
     1. Having a crotch; forked.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     3. (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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crotch \Crotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crotched} (kr[o^]cht); 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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Logging) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a
        grip for the dogs in hauling. [Western, U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

















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