Crown

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- ·p.p. of Crow.

II. Crown ·noun The dome of a furnace.

III. Crown ·- of Crow.

IV. Crown ·noun The part of a hat above the brim.

V. Crown ·noun The topmost part of anything; the summit.

VI. Crown ·noun ·same·as Corona.

VII. Crown ·noun The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

VIII. Crown ·noun Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

IX. Crown ·noun Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

X. Crown ·noun The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.

XI. Crown ·noun The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

XII. Crown ·noun The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

XIII. Crown ·noun That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

XIV. Crown ·noun A size of writing paper. ·see under Paper.

XV. Crown ·noun Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

XVI. Crown ·noun A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, ·etc.

XVII. Crown ·noun An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

XVIII. Crown ·noun To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

XIX. Crown ·noun To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

XX. Crown ·noun A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

XXI. Crown ·noun The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

XXII. Crown ·noun The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign;

— with the definite article.

XXIII. Crown ·noun To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

XXIV. Crown ·noun The vertex or top of an arch;

— applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

XXV. Crown ·noun To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to Adorn; to Dignify.

XXVI. Crown ·noun To form the topmost or finishing part of; to Complete; to Consummate; to Perfect.

XXVII. Crown ·noun The topmost part of the head (see ·Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

XXVIII. Crown ·noun A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

XXIX. Crown ·noun A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, ·etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

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