of Crow
p. p. of Crow.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors,
kings, princes, etc.
(n.) The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the
sovereign; -- with the definite article.
(n.) Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
(n.) Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or
finish.
(n.) Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
(n.) The topmost part of anything; the summit.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The part of a hat above the brim.
(n.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the
top or grinding surface of a tooth.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Same as Corona.
(n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the
shank.
(n.) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level
line.
(n.) The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.
(n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
(n.) The dome of a furnace.
(n.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
(n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark
of the clerical state; the tonsure.
(n.) A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the
paper is stamped with a crown.
(n.) To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest
with royal dignity and power.
(n.) To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or
recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
(n.) To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to
consummate; to perfect.
(n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the
middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.
(n.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis,
or the summit of the breach.
