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It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.

See Coranach.

Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses). The coronal light during the eclipse is faint. Abney.

The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

Of or pertaining to a crown; ferming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." Bp. Pearson. The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.

The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals.

A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls.

Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.

Crowned. [R.] Longfellow.

The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.

the northern horizon; when reaching south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as an arch of light across the heavens from east to west. Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light…

The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.

The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

lata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. -- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.

iberty. -- Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. -- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. -- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal c…

amberlain 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 other officers. His office is distinct from that of t…

A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]

The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona, characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum.

s Malus var.sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata); and the American (Pyrus coronaria). -- Crab grass. (Bot.) (a) A grass (Digitaria, or Panicum, sanguinalis); -- called also finger grass. (b) A grass of the genus Eleusine (E. Indica); -- called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc. -- Crab louse (Zoö…