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peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.]

Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.

air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. -- Coup d'oeil (k. Etym: [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The fac…

A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.

The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.

turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion. [Prov. Eng.] Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks. Carlyle.

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax.

To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. Swift.

A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

rime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. Hallam. Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. -- Cr…

In violation of law; wickedly.

See Crowd, a violin.

An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and crwth.] A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little. B. Jonson.

To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane.

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Addison.

aving the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.

A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea. Ure.

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.