Part 684

To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other.

Crowned (kround), p. p. & a. 1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton.

With surpassing glory crowned. Milton.

2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Crown"er (kroun"?r), n. 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL.

2. [Cf. Coroner.] A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]

Crown"et (kroun"?t), n. [See Crown, Coronet.]

1. A coronet. [R.] P. Whitehead.

2. The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. [Obs.]

O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm . . . . Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end. Shak.

Crown"-im*pe"ri*al (-?m-p?"r?-al), n. (Bot.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

Crown"less, a. Without a crown.

Crown"let (-l?t), n. A coronet. [Poetic] Sir W. Scott.

Crown" of`fice (?f`f?s; 115). (Eng. Law) 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. Burrill.

Crown"piece` (-p?s`), n. (a) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle. (b) A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19.

Crown"-post` (kroun"p?st`), n. Same as King-post.

Crown"-saw` (-s?`), n. [From its supposed resemblance to a crown.] (Mech.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion.

&fist; The trephine was the first of the class of crownsaws. Knight.

Crown" side` (s?d`). See Crown office.

Crown" wheel` (hw?l`). [Named from its resemblance to a crown.] (Mach.) A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

Crown"work` (-w?rk`), n. (Fort.) A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.

Crow"-quill` (kr?"kw?l`), n. A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.

Crows (kr?z), n. pl.; sing. Crow. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.

Crow's"-foot` (kr?z"f??t`), n.; pl. Crow's-feet (-fēt`).

1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson.

2. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crowfoot.]

3. (Arch.) Same as Bird's- mouth. [U.S.]

Crow"-silk` (kr?"s?lk`), n. (Bot.) A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).