crown¹ /krown/

1. A circular head ornament, esp as a mark of honour
2. The diadem or state-cap of royalty
3. Kingship
4. (usu with cap) the sovereign
5. Governing power in a monarchy
6. Honour
7. The top of anything, eg a head, hat, tree, arch
8. A type of spire or lantern, formed by converging flying buttresses (architecture)
9. A stag's surroyals
10. The visible part of a tooth
11. A substitute for this, made of gold or synthetic material, etc, fitted over a broken or decayed tooth
12. (in gem-cutting) the upper of the two conical surfaces of a brilliant
13. The junction of root and stem of a plant
14. A short rootstock
15. A clasping metal cap for a bottle
16. Chief ornament
17. Completion or consummation
18. A coin originally stamped with a crown, esp a 5-shilling piece
19. Used to translate various coin names, such as krone
20. The old French écu
21. A British size of paper before metrication (or a US size of paper 15×19in), originally watermarked with a crown

1. To cover or invest with a crown
2. To cap
3. To invest with royal dignity
4. To fill with foaming alcoholic liquid
5. In draughts, to convert into a king or crowned man by the placing of another draught on the top on reaching the crown-head
6. To adorn
7. To dignify
8. To complete happily
9. To hit on the head (slang)

(of a baby's head) to pass through the vaginal opening (obstetrics)

crowned adjective

crownˈer noun

1. A shaped paper label attached to a product, eg a bottle, printed with advertising or promotional material
2. A coroner (obsolete)

crownˈet noun

A coronet

crownˈing noun

1. Coronation
2. The final stage of labour, when the top of the child's head passes through the vaginal opening (obstetrics)

1. Highest
2. Greatest

crownˈless adjective

crownˈlet noun

A small crown

crown agent noun

1. The solicitor appointed to be in charge of the Crown Office in Scotland
2. (with caps) one of a British body of business agents operating internationally, appointed by the Overseas Development Administration

crown and anchor noun

A game played with dice marked with crowns and anchors

crown antler noun

The uppermost tine of an antler

Crown attorney noun (Can)

A lawyer who acts for the Crown in criminal cases

crownˈ-bark noun

A kind of cinchona bark

crown cap noun

A lined metal cap for a bottle

crown colony noun

A colony administered directly by the home government

crown cork noun

A crown cap

crown courts plural noun

The system of courts in England and Wales that administer criminal jurisdiction

Crown Derby noun

A late-18c porcelain made at Derby, marked with a crown

crowned head noun

A monarch

crown gall noun

A disease of plants, esp fruit trees, caused by a bacterium (Agrobacterium tumefaciens), forming tumours along roots and shoots

crown glass noun

1. Alkali-lime glass
2. Window glass formed in circular plates or discs

crown graft noun (horticulture)

Insertion of scions between bark and wood

crown green noun

A bowling green with the centre higher than the edges

crownˈ-head noun

(in draughts) the back row of squares, where a piece is crowned

crown imperial noun

A garden plant, a species of fritillary having bell-shaped orange flowers

crown jewels plural noun

1. The jewels, including the regalia, worn by the sovereign on state occasions
2. The male genitalia (euphemistic)
3. Any group of things regarded as the most valuable items in a collection

crown land noun

1. Land belonging to the crown or sovereign
2. Land under control of the state in some countries and colonies of the Commonwealth

crown lawyer noun

A lawyer who acts for the crown in criminal cases

crown living noun

A church financially supported by the crown

crown octavo noun

An octavo 5×71/2in

Crown Office noun

1. The administrative office of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
2. The office in which the great seal is affixed
3. The headquarters of the administration of criminal justice in Scotland

crown of thorns noun

1. A starfish that preys on living coral
2. A thorny Madagascan shrub (Euphorbia splendens) with red flowers and slender thorns

crown piece noun

A five-shilling piece

crownˈ-post noun

A king-post in a roof

crown prince noun

The heir apparent to the crown

crown princess noun

1. The female heir to a throne
2. The wife of a crown prince

Crown Prosecution Service noun

The independent prosecuting body in England and Wales which decides whether cases brought by the police should be tried in the courts

Crown prosecutor noun (Can)

A Crown attorney

crown roast noun

Roast ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a circle like a crown

crown rot noun

A disease affecting rhubarb, caused by a soil-borne bacterium (Erwinia rhapontici)

crown saw noun

A saw consisting of a rotating cylinder with cutting teeth

crown vetch noun

A trailing plant (Coronilla varia), of the pea family with pink or purple flowers

crownˈ-wheel noun (horology)

A wheel with teeth set at right angles to its plane

crown witness noun

A witness for the crown in a criminal prosecution instituted by it

crownˈwork noun

1. The manufacture and fitting of artificial crowns for teeth
2. Such an artificial crown or crowns
3. An outwork composed of a bastion between two curtains, with demi-bastions at the extremes (fortification)

crown of the causeway

The middle of the street

to crown it all

As the culminating event (in a series of unfortunate events)

crow /krō/

1. Any of several large black birds of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the so-called carrion crow)
2. Extended to other birds of this genus, esp the rook
3. The defiant or triumphant cry of a cock
4. An infant's inarticulate cry of joy
5. An ugly old woman (slang)
6. Short for crowbar

1. To croak
2. To utter a crow
3. To boast, swagger, triumph (often with over)

crowˈbar noun

A heavy iron bar usu bent and flattened at one end, used as a lever

crowˈberry noun

A low creeping moorland shrub (genus Empetrum) producing small black berries

crow boot noun

A boot made of leather and fur, as worn by the Inuit

crowˈ-flower noun

Applied to various plants, in Shakespeare perhaps crowfoot

crowˈfoot noun (pl crowˈfoots)

A buttercup, sometimes extended to other plants

crowˈ-keeper noun (Shakespeare)

A scarecrow

crowˈ-quill noun

A pen made of the quill of a crow, etc, for fine writing or etching

crow'sˈ-bill or crowˈ-bill noun (surgery)

A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc, from wounds

crow'sˈ-foot noun

1. One of the wrinkles spreading out from the corners of the eyes, formed as the skin ages (pl crow'sˈ-feet)
2. A caltrop (obsolete military)

crowˈ-shrike noun

A piping crow (see under pipe¹)

crow'sˈ-nest noun (nautical)

An elevated platform near the top of a ship's mast for a man on lookout

crowˈ-steps plural noun

Step-like stonework on a gable

crowˈ-toe noun

Applied to various plants, in Milton probably crowfoot

as the crow flies

In a straight line

draw the crow (Aust)

To draw the short straw, come off worst in an allocation

eat (boiled) crow

To be forced to do something very disagreeable, humiliate oneself

have a crow to pluck with

To have something to settle with someone

stone the crows (esp Aust sl)

An expression of amazement, horror, etc

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