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(clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
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A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
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(by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
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Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
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(metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
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(by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
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(old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
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The top part of something:
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(architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
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Splendor; culmination; acme.
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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 korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
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(historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
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(historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
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(botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
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(anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
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(dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
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(nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
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(nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
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(nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
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A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
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A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
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(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
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(firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
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(geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
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A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
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(African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
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(horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.