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Copple-crownedCopple-crown Cop"ple-crown, n.
A created or high-topped crown or head. ``Like the
copple-crown the lapwing has.' --T. Randolph. --
Cop"ple-crowned`, a. Crowned
Crowned 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.
CrownedCrown Crown (kroun), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowned (kround);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crowning.] [OE. coronen, corunen, crunien,
crounien, OF. coroner, F. couronner, fr. L. coronare, fr.
corona a crown. See Crown, n.]
1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to
invest with royal dignity and power.
Her who fairest does appear, Crown her queen of all
the year. --Dryden.
Crown him, and say, ``Long live our emperor.'
--Shak.
2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or
recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor.
--Ps. viii. 5.
3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to
consummate; to perfect.
Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill.
--Byron.
One day shall crown the alliance. --Shak.
To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley.
4. (Mech.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher
at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine
pulley.
5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the
glacis, or the summit of the breach.
To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands
over and under each other. CrownerCrowner Crown"er (kroun"?r), n.
1. One who, or that which, crowns. --Beau. & FL.
2. [Cf. Coroner.] A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.] CrownetCrownet 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. DiscrownedDiscrown Dis*crown", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discrowned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Discrowning.]
To deprive of a crown.
The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably
discrowned the workman. --Motley. golden-crowned thrushOvenbird Ov"en*bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the
creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies,
and construct curious oven-shaped nests.
(b) In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus; -- called
also golden-crowned thrush.
(c) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and
to the long-tailed titmouse. Pine-crowned
Pine-clad Pine"-clad`, Pine-crowned Pine"-crowned`, a.
Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.
Steeple-crowned
Steeple-crowned Stee"ple-crowned`, a.
1. Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
2. Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a
steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a
crown.
This grave, beared, sable-cloaked, and
steeple-crowned progenitor. --Hawthorne.
Triple-crowned
Triple-crowned Tri"ple-crowned`, a.
Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.
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