a. (krŏcht)
1. Having a crotch; forked.
2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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.]
