crown piece

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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. [1913 Webster]

They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.— 1 Cor. ix. 25.[1913 Webster]

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.— Rev. ii. 10.[1913 Webster]

2.A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc. [1913 Webster]

Note: 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. [1913 Webster]

3.The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article. [1913 Webster]

Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown.— Blackstone.[1913 Webster]

Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

4.Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty. [1913 Webster]

There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself.— Junius.[1913 Webster]

5.Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish. [1913 Webster]

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.— Prov. xvi. 31.[1913 Webster]

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.— Prov. xvi. 4.[1913 Webster]

6.Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. [1913 Webster]

Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

7.The topmost part of anything; the summit. [1913 Webster]

The steepy crown of the bare mountains.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown.— Bunyan.[1913 Webster]

9.The part of a hat above the brim. [1913 Webster]

10.(Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

12.(Bot.) Same as Corona. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

14.The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. [1913 Webster]

15.The dome of a furnace. [1913 Webster]

16.(Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. [1913 Webster]

17.(Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. [1913 Webster]

18.A size of writing paper. See under Paper. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

20.An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]