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   Crown , n. [OE. corone, coroun, crune, croun, OF. corone, corune, F. couronne, fr. L. corona crown, wreath; akin to Gr. κορώνη anything curved, crown; cf. also L. curvus curved, E. curve, curb, Gael. cruinn round, W. crwn. Cf. Cornice, Corona, Coroner, Coronet.]
   A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. “An olive branch and laurel crown.”
   Shak.
   
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   They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
   1 Cor. ix. 25.
   
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   Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
   Rev. ii. 10.
   
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   A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.
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   ☞ Nobles wear coronets; the triple crown of the pope is usually called a tiara. The crown of England is a circle of gold with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and imperial arches, inclosing a crimson velvet cap, and ornamented with thousands of diamonds and precious stones.
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   The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
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   Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown.
   Blackstone.
   
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   Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
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   There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself.
   Junius.
   
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   Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.
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   The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
   Prov. xvi. 31.
   
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   A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
   Prov. xvi. 4.
   
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   Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
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   Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.
   Milton.
   
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   The topmost part of anything; the summit.
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   The steepy crown of the bare mountains.
   Dryden.
   
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   The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.
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   From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
   Shak.
   
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   Twenty things which I set down:
   This done, I twenty more-had in my crown.
   Bunyan.
   
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   The part of a hat above the brim.
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   (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
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   (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.
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   (Bot.) Same as Corona.
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   (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.
   Totten.
   
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   The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
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   The dome of a furnace.
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   (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
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   (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
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   A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
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   A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.
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   An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.
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   Crown of aberration (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. -- Crown antler (Zool.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. -- Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. -- Crown glass. See under Glass. -- Crown imperial. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown jewels, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] “She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.” Milton. -- Crown land, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. -- Crown law, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] -- Crown lawyer, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] -- Crown octavo. See under Paper. -- Crown office. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown paper. See under Paper. -- Crown piece. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown Prince, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. -- Crown saw. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown scab (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. -- Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. -- Crown shell. (Zool.) See Acorn-shell. -- Crown side. See Crown office. -- Crown tax (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. 1 Macc. x. 20. -- Crown wheel. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown work. See in the Vocabulary. -- Pleas of the crown (Engl. law), criminal actions.
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   Crown office . (Eng. Law) 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.
   Burrill.
   
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