Crotched

·adj Cross; peevish.

II. Crotched ·adj Having a crotch; forked.

III. Crotched ·add. ·Impf & ·p.p. of Crotch.

IV. Crotched ·add. ·adj Lying within a crotch;

— said of the object balls in the three-ball carom game whenever the centers of both lie within a 4/-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.