{"id":518,"date":"2016-11-14T02:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/?p=518"},"modified":"2016-11-14T02:10:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:10:32","slug":"final-lexicon-entry-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/uncategorized\/final-lexicon-entry-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Final lexicon entry: Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"

CROWN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forms<\/strong><\/p>\n

crown, crowns, crowned, crowning, Crown<\/p>\n

Related terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

head, royal, coronation, king<\/p>\n

Explication<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crown, a word that can be deployed as a noun or a verb, is used in a wealth of different ways in Ulysses. While the definition with the largest number of uses is 8 (the coin), it only makes up one-fourth of the total uses. Many of its usages evoke the British monarchy – there are lots of mentions of \u201cthe crown\u201d and the Crown\u201d which are both synecdoches that refer directly to British rule. More symbolically, Bloom\u2019s \u201csham crown Derby\u201d teacup – a gift from Milly – is mentioned four separate times. Crown Derby is a real English porcelain manufacturer which is still in business today.<\/p>\n

Crown also tends to carry a spiritual association – \u201ccrown of thorns,\u201d \u201csaint Stephen\u2019s iron crown,\u201d etc. Considering this double association – with English royalty and with Christian religion – crowns and crowning seem to be tied to national (and personal) identity.<\/p>\n

An interesting property of crown is that it has a range of definitions wide enough that it can almost be considered one of the self-opposite words that we\u2019ve discussed Joyce being so fond of. Crown can be used to represent the highest power in a country (and perhaps the world), but it can also denote something as common and working class as the foam on the top of a glass of beer. Similarly, while only one person in a nation can wear the crown as it refers to monarchy, everyone in a nation possesses a crown as it refers to the top of one\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

Definitions and Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n

(n.) 1.<\/b>\u00a0An ornament for the head, and immediately derived senses. (also: Christian crown of thorns)<\/p>\n

\u201cCrown of thorns and cross.\u201d (5.329)<\/p>\n

(n.)\u00a02.<\/b>\u00a0A wreath or circular ornament for the head symbolizing victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all came with nimbi and aureoles and gloriae, bearing palms and harps and swords and olive crowns\u2026\u201d (12.1714)<\/p>\n

(n.)\u00a03.<\/b>\u00a0The sovereignty, authority, or dominion of which a royal crown is the symbol; the rule, position, or empire of a monarch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crown had no evidence, Mr Power said.\u201d (6.472)<\/p>\n

(n.) 4.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0fig.<\/i>\u00a0Something which adorns or adds distinction like a crown; a chief or crowning ornament or achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Gerty’s crowning glory was her wealth of wonderful hair.\u201d (13.116)<\/p>\n

(n.) 5.<\/b>\u00a0Esp. in names of constellations: a group of stars likened to a crown; usu. with distinguishing word or phrase;\u00a0spec.<\/i>\u00a0=\u00a0Northern Crown<\/p>\n

\u201cWhence, disappearing from the constellation of the Northern Crown he would somehow reappear reborn above delta in the constellation of Cassiopeia\u2026\u201d\u00a017.2019<\/p>\n

(n.) 6.<\/b>\u00a0The top part of the skull; the top of the head.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe put his boot on what he had spat, wiping his sole along it, and bent, showing a rawskinned crown, scantily haired.\u201d (<\/span>10.636)<\/p>\n

(n.) 7.<\/b>\u00a0The top part of a hat or other covering for the head.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sweated legend in the crown of his hat told him mutely: Plasto’s high grade ha.\u201d (4.69)<\/p>\n

(n.) 8.<\/b>\u00a0Any of various coins, originally one bearing the imprint of a crown.\u00a0b.<\/b>\u00a0A British or English coin (latterly silver) with a face value of five shillings or (now) 25 pence, now minted only for commemorative purposes. Hence: a monetary unit based on this, the sum of five shillings (now\u00a0hist.<\/i>).<\/p>\n

\u201c”He shot from it two crowns and two shillings.” (2.221)<\/p>\n

(n.) 9. In reference to the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company, the oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer. (not found in OED)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe filled his own moustachecup, sham crown Derby, smiling.\u201d (4.283)<\/p>\n

(v.) 10. To place a crown, coronet, etc., on the head of, as a symbol of newly acquired sovereignty or royal status; to invest with sovereignty or regal power by coronation. Also: to place a crown, etc., on or around (the head).<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026he reflected about the errors of notorieties and\u00a0crowned<\/b>\u00a0heads running counter to morality such as the Cornwall case a number of years before\u2026\u201d (16.1201)<\/p>\n

(v.) 11. To cover, surround, or occupy the head or summit of, as a crown does, usu. so as to add beauty or dignity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe face of William Shakespeare, beardless, appears there, rigid in facial paralysis, crowned by the reflection of the reindeer antlered hatrack in the hall.\u201d (15.3823)<\/p>\n

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