Part 2620

<blockquote>Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the <b>crown</b>. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the <b>crown</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.</def>

<blockquote>There is a power behind the <b>crown</b> greater than the <b>crown</b> itself. <i>Junius.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.</def>

<blockquote>The hoary head is a <b>crown</b> of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. <i>Prov. xvi. 31.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A virtuous woman is a <b>crown</b> to her husband. <i>Prov. xvi. 4.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>6.</b> <def>Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.</def>

<blockquote>Mutual love, the <b>crown</b> of all our bliss. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The topmost part of anything; the summit.</def>

<blockquote>The steepy <b>crown</b> of the bare mountains. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The topmost part of the head (see <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bird</er>.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.</def>

<blockquote>From toe to <b>crown</b> he'll fill our skin with pinches. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my <b>crown</b>. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>The part of a hat above the brim.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Corona</er>.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>14.</b> <def>The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.</def>

<p><b>15.</b> <def>The dome of a furnace.</def>

<p><b>16.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.</def>

<p><b>17.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.</def>

<p><b>18.</b> <def>A size of writing paper. See under <er>Paper</er>.</def>

<p><b>19.</b> <def>A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; <as>as, the English <ex>crown</ex>, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1</as>.20; the Danish or Norwegian <i>crown</i>, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.</def>

<p><b>20.</b> <def>An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; <as>as, the paper is stamped with a <ex>crown</ex></as>.</def>