Definition of crown

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Crown (n.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach..

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Whig :: Whig (n.) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis
Corona :: Corona (n.) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
Pyramidion :: Pyramidion (n.) The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
Cymatium :: Cymatium (n.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
Eureka :: Eureka () The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out Eureka! eureka! (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery..
Non Obstante :: Non obstante () A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights..
Crown :: Crown (n.) A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc..
Crown :: Crown () p. p. of Crow.
Crown :: Crown (n.) To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify..
Multicipital :: Multicipital (a.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The dome of a furnace.
Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..
Tenth :: Tenth (n.) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty..
King :: King (n.) A crowned man in the game of draughts.
Emblematical :: Emblematical (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity..
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil..
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..
Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation..
Crown :: Crown (n.) Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
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