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To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay
the ends of the strands over and under each other.

Crowned (kround), p. p. & a.
1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted,
invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.;
honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected.
"Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned
with conquest." Milton.

With surpassing glory crowned.

Milton.

2. Great; excessive; supreme.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Crown"er (kroun"?r), n.
1. One who, or that which, crowns.
Beau. & FL.

2. [Cf. Coroner.] A coroner.
[Prov. Eng. or Scot.]

Crown"et (kroun"?t), n. [See
Crown, Coronet.]

1. A coronet. [R.] P.
Whitehead.

2. The ultimate end and result of an
undertaking; a chief end. [Obs.]

O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm . . .
.

Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end.

Shak.

Crown"-im*pe"ri*al (-?m-p?"r?-al),
n.


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