, 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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