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A spit. [Obs.] He turned a broach that had worn a crown. Bacon.

ng to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak.

indirect means. God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. Shak.

To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.

an monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.

A quarter of a crown. [Obs.] The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.

y or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay.

teel . . . carved out his passage." Shak. Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaulay.

ansaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. Numb. ix. 3…

erlain of London, of North Wales, etc. The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and oth…

A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

uit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

The base of the crown of a tooth.

A round body; an orb. Pope. Fairest of stars . . . that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet. Milton.

That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. Shak.

om, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs. Civic crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

counts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk. The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill. Strype.

a place for retirement from the world for religious duties. Fitter for a cloister than a crown. Daniel. Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.