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"Section C"

, 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.


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