Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CROWN, v.t.

1. To invest with a crown or regal ornament. Hence, to invest with regal dignity and power.
2. To cover, as with a crown; to cover the top. And peaceful olives crowned his hoary head. – Dryden.
3. To honor; to dignify; to adorn. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor. – Ps. viii.
4. To reward; to bestow an honorary reward or distinction on; as, the victor crowned with laurel.
5. To reward; to recompense. She'll crown a grateful and a constant flame. – Roscommon.
6. To terminate or finish; to complete; to perfect.
7. To terminate and reward; as, our efforts were crowned with success.

CROWN'ED, pp.

Invested with a crown, or with regal power and dignity; honored; dignified; rewarded with a crown, wreath, garland or distinction; recompensed; terminated; completed; perfected.

CROWN'ER, n.

He or that which crowns or completes.

CROW'-NET, n.

In England, a net for catching wild fowls; the net used in New England for catching wild pigeons.

CROWNET, n.

A coronet – which see. Shakspeare has used it for chief end or last purpose; but this sense is singular.

CROWN'-GLASS, n.

The finest sort of English window-glass.

CROWN-IM-PE'RI-AL, n.

A plant of the genus Fritillaria, having a beautiful flower.

CROWN'ING, n.

1. In architecture, the finishing of a member or any ornamental work.
2. In marine language, the finishing part of a knot, or interweaving of the strands.

CROWN'ING, ppr.

Investing with a crown, or with royalty or supreme power; honoring with a wreath or with distinction; adorning; rewarding; finishing; perfecting.

CROWN'LESS, a.

Destitute of a crown. – Milman.

CROWN'-OF-FICE, n.

In England, an office belonging to the Court of King's Bench, of which the king's coroner or attorney is commonly master, and in which the attorney-general and clerk exhibit informations for crimes and misdemeanors.

CROWN'-POST, n.

In building, a post which stands upright in the middle, between two principal rafters. – Bailey.

CROWN'-SCAB, n.

A scab formed round the corners of horse's hoof, a cancerous and painful sore. – Farrier's Dict.

CROWN'-THIS-TLE, n.

A flower.

CROWN'-WHEEL, n.

1. A wheel with cogs set at right angles with its plane.
2. In a watch, the upper wheel next the balance, which drives the balance, and in royal pendulums, is called the swing-wheel.

CROWN'-WORK, n.

In fortification, an outwork running into the field, consisting of two demi-bastions at the extremes and an entire bastion in the middle, with curtains. It is designed to gain some hill or advantageous post, and cover the other works. – Dict.

CROW'S'-BILL, n.

In surgery, a kind of forceps for extracting bullets and other things from wounds. – Encyc.

CROW'S'-FEET, n.

The wrinkles under the eyes, which are the effects of age. [Obs.] – Chaucer.

CROW'S'-FOOT, n.

In the military art, a machine of iron, with four points, so formed that in whatever way it falls, there is one point upward, and intended to stop or embarrass the approach or march of the enemy's cavalry; a caltrop. – Encyc.

CROW'-SILK, n.

A plant, the Conferva rivalis. – Fam. of Plants.

CROW'-TOE, n.

A plant; as the tufted crow-toe. – Milton.

CROYL'STONE, n.

Crystalized cauk, in which the crystals are small. – Woodward. Johnson.

CROZE, n.

A cooper's tool.

CRU'CIAL, a. [Fr. cruciale, from L. crux, a cross.]

In surgery, transverse; passing across; intersecting; in form of a cross; as, crucial incision. – Sharp.

CRU'CIAN, n.

A short, thick, broad fish, of a deep yellow color. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.