crown saw

A saw of cylindrical shape, with teeth on the end and operated by a rotative motion. The trephine was the first of the cla . It is used for making buttons and markers, sawing staves, brush-backs, chair-backs, . IMG:content-1428.png:[blocks in formation] crown-solicitor, s. Eng. Law : The solicitor who prepares the case for the prosecution when the Crown prosecutes. (In the United States the attorney-general and the several United States district attorneys take charge of prosecutions for the general government, and the commonwealth's attorneys and state's attorney generals for the various cities, counties and states.) crown-tax, 8. Eccles. Hist.: A tax substituted for a golden crown which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in token of their subjection to his power. "I release all the Jews from tribute crown- taxes ."-1 Maco. x. 29. and from *crown-thistle, s. The name given by Johnson to a plant which he calls Corona imperial is . As he bestows the same name on the Crown imperial (qv.), this is probably the flower he had in view. crown-tile, s. A common flat tile; a plane tile. crown-valve, s. A dome-shaped valve, which is vertically reciprocated over a slotted box.