GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Corona , n.; pl. L.  Coronæ (-n), E.  Coronas . [L. corona crown. See Crown.]
    1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
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    2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.
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    3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
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    4. (Zool.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
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    5. (Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
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    6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
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    7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
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    8. 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.
      Fairholt.

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    9. (Mus.) A character [𝄐]  called the pause or hold.
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    Hold , n.
    1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
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      Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.
      Chaucer.

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      Thou should'st lay hold upon him.
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      My soul took hold on thee.
      Addison.

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      Take fast hold of instruction.
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    2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
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      The law hath yet another hold on you.
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    3. Binding power and influence.
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      Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of.
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    4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
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      If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall.
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    5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
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      They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.
      Acts. iv. 3.

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      King Richard, he is in the mighty hold
      Of Bolingbroke.
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    6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold.
      Chaucer.

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      New comers in an ancient hold
      Tennyson.

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    7. (Mus.) A character [thus ] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
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