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King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..

Crown :: Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

Knoll :: Knoll (n.) A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.

Crowned :: Crowned (imp. & p. p.) of Crow.

Chiltern Hundreds :: Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats..

Crown Office :: Crown office () 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..

Goura :: Goura (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species..

Crowned :: Crowned (p. p. & a.) Great; excessive; supreme.

Crownless :: Crownless (a.) Without a crown.

Down :: Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown..

Yama :: Yama (n.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands..

Crown :: Crown (n.) Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish..

Copatain :: Copatain (a.) Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top..

Pyramidion :: Pyramidion (n.) The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.

Cardecu :: Cardecu (n.) A quarter of a crown.

Dispossess :: Dispossess (v. t.) To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown..

Pate :: Pate (n.) The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head..

Redpoll :: Redpoll (n.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet..

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