(nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
Substantiivit
A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
(heraldry) A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry
A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
(by extension) Any reward of victory or a mark of honor.
Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone
(African-American colloquialism) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; elliptical for church crown.
Esimerkit
Her who fairest does appear, / Crown her queen of all the year.
Although women suffer from crown hair loss it is more common in men, a pattern of baldness.
The snowy mountain top crowned the village in the valley like a shining jewel.
Crown prince, crown colony.
The cock had crown.
“Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.
&lquo;[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.
The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.
New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
To crown the whole, came a proposition.
the grove that crowns yon tufted hill
Thou [...] hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown.
a crown fire
crown prince
"His [Barack Obama's] unofficial slogan 'fired up and ready to go!' was borrowed from an 'old lady in a church crown [Sunday best hat]."
You will see the baby's head crowning during contractions, at which time you must prepare to assist the mother in the delivery of the baby.
Half-a-crown is known as an , , , and a ; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a , or a , or a , or a , or a , or a.
mutual love, the crown of all our bliss
the steepy crown of the bare mountains
Twenty things which I set down: / This done, I twenty more had in my crown.
From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown.
Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.