Crown

krown, n. the diadem or state-cap of royalty: regal power: the sovereign: honour: reward, as the 'martyr's crown:' the top of anything, esp. of the head: completion: accomplishment; a coin stamped with a crown, esp. the silver 5s. piece—used also as the translation of the old French écu , worth from six francs (or livres) to three francs: a size of paper, because originally water-marked with a crown: ( arch it. ) a species of spire or lantern, formed by converging flying-buttre es.— v.t. to cover or invest with a crown: to invest with royal dignity: to adorn: to dignify: to complete happily.— ns. Crown′-ag′ent , a solicitor in Scotland who prepares criminal prosecutions; Crown′-ant′ler , the uppermost antler of the horn of a stag; Crown′-col′ony , a colony whose administration is directly under the home government; Crown Derby porcelain (see Porcelain ).— p.adj. Crowned , having or wearing a crown: rewarded: consummated.— ns. Crown′er ( Shak. ), a corruption of coroner; Crown′et , a coronet: ( Shak. ) that which crowns or accomplishes; Crown′-gla , a kind of window-gla formed in circular plates or discs; Crown′-impē′rial , a plant, a species of fritillary; Crown′ing .— n.pl. Crown′-jew′els , jewels pertaining to the crown or sovereign.— ns. Crown′-land , land belonging to the crown or sovereign; Crown′-law′yer , the lawyer who acts for the crown in criminal cases.— adj. Crown′le .— ns. Crown′let , a small crown; Crown′-liv′ing , a church living in the gift of the crown; Crown-office , the office for the busine of the crown side of the King's Bench: the office in which the great seal is affixed; Crown′-pā′per , in England, a printing-paper of the size 15 × 20 in.: in America, a writing-paper 15 × 19 in.; Crown′-post , the same as King-post (q.v.); Crown′-prince , the prince who succeeds to the crown; Crown′-saw , a circular saw made by cutting teeth round a cylinder; Crown′-wheel , a wheel resembling a crown, with teeth or cogs set at right angles to its plane; Crown′-wit′ne , a witne for the crown in a criminal prosecution instituted by it; Crown′work ( fort. ), an outwork composed of a bastion between two curtains, with dem i-bastions at the extremes.— Crown of the causeway , the middle of the street. [O. Fr. corone (Fr. couronne )—L. corona ; cf. Gr. korōnos , curved.]