crown : Idioms & Phrases

• noun night heron of both Old and New Worlds
  Nycticorax nycticorax.
  

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• noun the symbol of the power of the British monarchy
  
  • members of the British Commonwealth owe allegiance to the British Crown

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• (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

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Cop"ple-crown noun

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1. A created or high-topped crown or head. "Like the copple-crown the lapwing has." T. Randolph. -- Cop"ple-crowned` a.

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• noun a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
  

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• (Zoöl.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim.

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• one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace.

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• noun any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
  crown beard; crownbeard.
  

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• noun a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
  

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• noun shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers
  Chrysanthemum coronarium.
  

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• noun a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire
  

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• noun a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground
  

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• noun a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk
  
• noun optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
  optical crown; crown glass.
  

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• . See under Glass.

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• noun Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
  Fritillaria imperialis.
  

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• . (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun the most desirable assets of a corporation
  crown jewel.
  
  • their crown jewels figured prominently in the takeover attempt
• noun a precious stone that is a valuable part of a sovereign's regalia
  crown jewel.
  

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• noun regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions
  
• noun the most desirable assets of a corporation
  crown jewel.
  
  • their crown jewels figured prominently in the takeover attempt
• noun a precious stone that is a valuable part of a sovereign's regalia
  crown jewel.
  

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• the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. Eng. "She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels." Milton.

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• noun land that belongs to the Crown
  

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• land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign.

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• the law which governs criminal prosecutions. Eng.

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• one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. Eng.

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• noun a lens made of optical crown glass
  

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• noun Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
  Macaca radiata; bonnet macaque; capped macaque; bonnet monkey.
  

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• . See under Paper.

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• (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun.

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• noun any affliction that causes great suffering
  cross.
  
  • that is his cross to bear
  • he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
• noun somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
  Christ plant; Christ thorn; Euphorbia milii.
  
• noun a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• . See under Paper.

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a male heir apparent to a throne
  

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• the heir apparent to a crown or throne.

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• noun the wife of a crown prince
  
• noun a female heir apparent to a throne
  

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• noun a roast of the rib section of lamb
  rack of lamb.
  

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• noun a saw having teeth around the edge of a hollow cylinder
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof.

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• the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Acorn-shell.

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• . See Crown office.

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• (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.

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• noun European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods
  Coronilla varia; axseed.
  

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• noun a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
  crown beard; crownbeard.
  

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Crown"-im*pe"ri*al noun

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1. (Bot.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

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• noun European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
  corn campion; Agrostemma githago; corn cockle.
  

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Crown"-post` noun

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1. Same as King-post.

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Crown"-saw` noun

Etymology

From its supposed resemblance to a crown.

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1. (Mech.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion. ✍ The trephine was the first of the class of crownsaws. Knight.

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• noun a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
  monarch; sovereign.
  

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• noun American golden-crested kinglet
  Regulus satrata.
  

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• noun coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico
  Ximenesia encelioides; golden crownbeard; Verbesina encelioides; cowpen daisy; butter daisy.
  

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• noun an English coin worth half a crown
  

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• adjective satellite (of a hat) having a high crown
  

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• a golden crown set with jewels, belonging originally to the Lombard kings, and indicating the dominion of Italy. It was so called from containing a circle said to have been forged from one of the nails in the cross of Christ.

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• noun (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
  jacket; crownwork; crown; cap.
  
  • tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

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• (Rom. Antiq.), a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.

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• noun tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
  coffee rose; crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; crepe gardenia; crape jasmine; Tabernaemontana divaricate; pinwheel flower; Adam's apple.
  

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• (Rom.Antiq.), a crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or upon one who held out against a siege.

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• noun optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
  optical crown; crown glass.
  

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• noun optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
  optical crown; crown glass.
  

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• the tiara.

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• noun gears that mesh at an angle
  pinion and ring gear; bevel gear.
  

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• (Eng. Law), criminal actions.
• (Engl. law), criminal actions.

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• noun American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch
  ruby-crowned kinglet; Regulus calendula.
  

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• noun American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch
  ruby-crowned kinglet; Regulus calendula.
  

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Stee"ple-crowned` adjective

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1. Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
2. Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.

   This grave, beared, sable-cloaked, and steeple-crowned progenitor. Hawthorne.

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• a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings.

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• (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other.

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• noun (horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
  
• noun (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs
  

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• the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2. (b) (Sport) The championship in three specific categories of a sport in one year, if won by a single contender; as (Baseball) The championship in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI's) in one league.

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• adjective satellite of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races
  
• adjective satellite unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in
  

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• noun a season of baseball during which a player wins the triple crown
  

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Tri"ple-crowned` adjective

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1. Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

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• (Rom. Antiq.), a circular gold crown with palisades, bestowed upon the soldier who first surmounted the rampart and broke into the enemy's camp.

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• noun finch with black-and-white striped crown
  Zonotrichia leucophrys.
  

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• noun North American night heron
  Nyctanassa violacea.
  

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