A forked
support; a crotch.
A time note, with a
stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that
of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
An indentation in the
glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is
placed.
The arrangement of a
body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line
nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
A bracket. See
Bracket.
An instrument of a
hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a
fetus.
A perverse fancy; a whim which takes
possession of the mind; a conceit.
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