Definition of crown

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Crown (n.) To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power..

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Coronet :: Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown..
Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..
Corona :: Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis..
Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown..
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Crown :: Crown (n.) The part of a hat above the brim.
Triple-crowned :: Triple-crowned (a.) Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope..
Laureate :: Laureate (n.) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
Discrowning :: Discrowning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discrow.
Table :: Table (n.) A circular plate of crown glass.
Cardecu :: Cardecu (n.) A quarter of a crown.
Copatain :: Copatain (a.) Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top..
Widgeon :: Widgeon (n.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly..
Crown :: Crown (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The dome of a furnace.
Extent :: Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment..
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..
Round :: Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. The golden round [the crown]..
Laird :: Laird (n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown..
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine..
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