Defn: The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. Totten.
14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
15. The dome of a furnace.
16. (Geom.)
Defn: The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
17. (Eccl.)
Defn: A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
18. A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
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.
20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is
stamped with a crown. Crown of aberration (Astron.), a spurious
circle around the true circle of the sun.
— Crown antler (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) 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.