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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.
--Shak.
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) 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 land
n : land that belongs to the Crown