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Webster 1913 Edition

Crown

Crown

(kr?n)
,
p.
p.
of
Crow
.
[Obs.]

Crown

(kroun)
,
Noun.
[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
.]
1.
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.
They do it to obtain a corruptible
crown
; but we an incorruptible.
1 Cor. ix. 25.
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a
crown
of life.
Rev. ii. 10.
2.
A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.
☞ 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.
3.
The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; – with the definite article.
Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the
crown
.
Blackstone.
Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the
crown
.
Macaulay.
4.
Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
There is a power behind the
crown
greater than the
crown
itself.
Junius.
5.
Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.
The hoary head is a
crown
of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Prov. xvi. 31.
A virtuous woman is a
crown
to her husband.
Prov. xvi. 4.
6.
Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
Mutual love, the
crown
of all our bliss.
Milton.
7.
The topmost part of anything; the summit.
The steepy
crown
of the bare mountains.
Dryden.
8.
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.
From toe to
crown
he’ll fill our skin with pinches.
Shakespeare
Twenty things which I set down:
This done, I twenty more-had in my
crown
.
Bunyan.
9.
The part of a hat above the brim.
10.
(Anat.)
The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
11.
(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.
12.
(Bot.)
Same as
Corona
.
13.
(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.
14.
The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
15.
The dome of a furnace.
16.
(Geom.)
The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
17.
(Eccl.)
A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
18.
A size of writing paper. See under
Paper
.
19.
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.
20.
An ornaments or decoration representing a crown;
as, the paper is stamped with a
crown
.
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.

Crown

(kroun)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crowned
(kround)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crowning
.]
[OE.
coronen
,
corunen
,
crunien
,
crounien
, OF.
coroner
, F.
couronner
, fr. L.
coronare
, fr.
corona
a crown. See
Crown
,
Noun.
]
1.
To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.
Her who fairest does appear,
Crown
her queen of all the year.
Dryden.
Crown
him, and say, “Long live our emperor.”
Shakespeare
2.
To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
Thou . . . hast
crowned
him with glory and honor.
Ps. viii. 5.
3.
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
Amidst the grove that
crowns
yon tufted hill.
Byron.
One day shall
crown
the alliance.
Shakespeare
To
crown
the whole, came a proposition.
Motley.
4.
(Mech.)
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.
5.
(Mil.)
To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
To crown a knot
(Naut.)
,
to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crown

CROWN

,
Noun.
[G., L.]
1.
An ornament worn on the head by kings and sovereign princes, as a badge of imperial or regal power and dignity. Figuratively, regal power; royalty; kingly government, or executive authority.
2.
A wreath or garland.
3.
Honorary distinction; reward.
They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; we, an incorruptible. 1 Corinthians 9.
4.
Honor; splendor; dignity.
The crown has fallen from our heads. Lamentations 5. Philippians 4.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. Proverbs 12.
5.
The top of the head; the top of a mountain or other elevated object. The end of an anchor, or the point from which the arms proceed.
6.
The part of a hat which covers the top of the head.
7.
A coin anciently stamped with the figure of a crown. The English crown is five shillings sterling. The French crown is a hundred and nine cents. Other coins bear the same name.
8.
Completion; accomplishment.
9.
Clerical tonsure in a circular form; a little circle shaved on the top of the head, as a mark of ecclesiastical office or distinction.
10.
Among jewelers, the upper work of a rose diamond.
11.
In botany, an appendage to the top of a seed, which serves to bear it in the wind.

CROWN

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To invest with a crown or regal ornament. Hence, to invest with regal dignity and power.
2.
To cover, as with a crown; to cover the top.
And peaceful olives crowned his hoary head.
3.
To honor; to dignify; to adorn.
Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8.
4.
To reward; to bestow an honorary reward or distinction on; as the victor crowned with laurel.
5.
To reward; to recompense.
Shell crown a grateful and a constant flame.
6.
To terminate or finish; to complete; to perfect.
7.
To terminate and reward; as, our efforts were crowned with success.

Definition 2024

Crown

Crown

See also: crown

English

Proper noun

Crown

  1. (government) The sovereign, in a monarchic country.
  2. (government) The government, in a monarchic country.
  3. (Canada, law) A Crown attorney.

Derived terms

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Translations

crown

crown

See also: Crown

English

Crown of Denmark king.

Pronunciation

Noun

crown ‎(plural crowns)

  1. A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
  2. (heraldry) A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry
  3. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
  4. (by extension) Any reward of victory or a mark of honor.
  5. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
  6. The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
    • Blackstone
      Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown.
  7. (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
    Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.
    • Macaulay
      Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown.
  8. The topmost part of the head.
    • Shakespeare
      From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
    • Bunyan
      Twenty things which I set down: / This done, I twenty more had in my crown.
  9. The highest part of a hill.
    • Dryden
      the steepy crown of the bare mountains
  10. The top section of a hat, above the brim.
  11. The raised centre of a road.
  12. The highest part of an arch.
  13. Splendor; culmination; acme.
    • Milton
      mutual love, the crown of all our bliss
  14. Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone
  15. (historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
  16. (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
  17. (forestry) The top of a tree.
  18. (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
  19. (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
  20. (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
  21. (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
  22. (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
  23. (nautical, in the plural) The bights formed by the turns of a cable.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
  24. (paper) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 inches x 15 inches.
  25. (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
  26. (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's ****
    • 2007, David Schottke, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, page 385
      You will see the baby's head crowning during contractions, at which time you must prepare to assist the mother in the delivery of the baby.
  27. (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
  28. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
  29. The dome of a furnace.
  30. (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
  31. (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
  32. A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
  33. (African-American colloquialism) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; elliptical for church crown.
    • 2013, Adam Boulton, Tony's Ten Years: Memories of the Blair Administration
      "His [Barack Obama's] unofficial slogan 'fired up and ready to go!' was borrowed from an 'old lady in a church crown [Sunday best hat]."
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

crown ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
    crown prince
  2. Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
    a crown fire
Translations

Verb

crown ‎(third-person singular simple present crowns, present participle crowning, simple past and past participle crowned)

  1. To place a crown on the head of.
  2. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
    • Dryden
      Her who fairest does appear, / Crown her queen of all the year.
  3. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
    • Bible, Psalms viii. 5
      Thou […] hast crowned him with glory and honour.
  4. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
    • Byron
      the grove that crowns yon tufted hill
    • Motley
      To crown the whole, came a proposition.
  5. To declare (someone) a winner.
    • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
      New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
  6. (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
    The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.‎
  7. (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
  8. To hit on the head.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess:
      &lquo;[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.
  9. (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
  10. (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
    “Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.‎
  11. (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
  12. (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
  13. (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
Translations
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Etymology 2

Verb

crown

  1. (obsolete) past participle of crow
    • Byron
      The cock had crown.

Etymology

From crown.

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