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fference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke.

A small spit or skewer.

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.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.

uarter note (Mus.), a note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. -- Quarter pieces (Naut.), several pieces of timber at the after- part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. Totten. -- Quarter point. (Naut.) See Quarter, n., 1 (n). -- Quarter railing, or Quarter rails (Naut.), n…

A woman's light scarflike head covering, usually knit or crocheted of wool.

Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.