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  • English Word Crown Definition 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.
  • English Word Crown Definition A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.
  • English Word Crown Definition The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
  • English Word Crown Definition Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
  • English Word Crown Definition Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.
  • English Word Crown Definition Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
  • English Word Crown Definition The topmost part of anything; the summit.
  • English Word Crown Definition 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.
  • English Word Crown Definition The part of a hat above the brim.
  • English Word Crown Definition The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
  • English Word Crown Definition 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.
  • English Word Crown Definition Same as Corona.
  • English Word Crown Definition That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.
  • English Word Crown Definition The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
  • English Word Crown Definition The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.
  • English Word Crown Definition The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
  • English Word Crown Definition The dome of a furnace.
  • English Word Crown Definition The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
  • English Word Crown Definition A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
  • English Word Crown Definition A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
  • English Word Crown Definition 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.
  • English Word Crown Definition An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.
  • English Word Crown Definition To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.
  • English Word Crown Definition To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
  • English Word Crown Definition To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
  • English Word Crown Definition To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.
  • English Word Crown Definition To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
  • English Word Crown office Definition The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases.
  • English Word Crown side Definition See Crown office.
  • English Word Crown wheel Definition A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.