Part 2621

<cs><col>Crown of aberration</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun.</cd> -- <col>Crown antler</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim.</cd> -- <col>Crown bar</col>, <cd>one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace.</cd> -- <col>Crown glass</col>. <cd>See under <er>Glass</er>.</cd> -- <col>Crown imperial</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Crown jewels</col>, <cd>the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. <mark>[Eng.]</mark> "She pawned and set to sale the <i>crown jewels<i>." <i>Milton</i>.</cd> -- <col>Crown land</col>, <cd>land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign.</cd> -- <col>Crown law</col>, <cd>the law which governs criminal prosecutions.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Crown lawyer</col>, <cd>one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Crown octavo</col>. <cd>See under <er>Paper</er>.</cd> -- <col>Crown office</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Crown paper</col>. <cd>See under <er>Paper</er>.</cd> -- <col>Crown piece</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Crown Prince</col>, <cd>the heir apparent to a crown or throne.</cd> -- <col>Crown saw</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Crown scab</col> <fld>(Far.)</fld>, <cd>a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof.</cd> -- <col>Crown sheet</col>, <cd>the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler.</cd> -- <col>Crown shell</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Acorn-shell</er>.</cd> -- <col>Crown side</col>. See <er>Crown office</er>. -- <col>Crown tax</col> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees.</cd> <i>1 Macc. x. 20</i>. -- <col>Crown wheel</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Crown work</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Pleas of the crown</col> <fld>(Engl. law)</fld>, <cd>criminal actions.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crown</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Crown</hw> <tt>(kroun)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crowned</er> <tt>(kround)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crowning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>coronen</ets>, <ets>corunen</ets>, <ets>crunien</ets>, <ets>crounien</ets>, OF. <ets>coroner</ets>, F. <ets>couronner</ets>, fr. L. <ets>coronare</ets>, fr. <ets>corona</ets> a crown. See <er>Crown</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.</def>

<blockquote>Her who fairest does appear, <b>Crown</b> her queen of all the year. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Crown</b> him, and say, "Long live our emperor." <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.</def>

<blockquote>Thou . . . hast <b>crowned</b> him with glory and honor. <i>Ps. viii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.</def>

<blockquote>Amidst the grove that <b>crowns</b> yon tufted hill. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>One day shall <b>crown</b> the alliance. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>crown</b> the whole, came a proposition. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.</def>

<cs><col>To crown a knot</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crowned</h1> <Xpage=350>

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

<blockquote>With surpassing glory <b>crowned</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Great; excessive; supreme.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Crowner</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Crown"er</hw> <tt>(kroun"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, crowns.</def>

<i>Beau. & FL.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Coroner</er>.]</ety> <def>A coroner.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. or Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Crownet</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Crown"et</hw> <tt>(kroun"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Crown</er>, <er>Coronet</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A coronet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>P. Whitehead.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>