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Coronas

Corona \Co*ro"na\ (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. Coron[ae] (-n?), E. Coronas (-n?z). [L. corona crown. See Crown.]

  1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

  2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

  3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

  4. (Zo["o]l.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

  5. (Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

  6. (Bot.)

    1. An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

    2. Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

  7. (Meteorol.)

    1. A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.

    2. A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

  8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.
    --Fairholt.

  9. (Mus.) A character [[pause]] called the pause or hold.

Usage examples of "coronas".

Thick scarlet coronas avalanched from the lip of the scoop, purling gently all the way back down into the body of the red giant.

Furnaces glowed in the distance, coronas of slumbering dragons smeared by flurries of grey flakes.

Small fires burned underneath it, muted orange coronas shining weakly.

One by one, their tops had blazed with rose-gold coronas as the shadows flowed away.

The chant faltered, the children fighting her will, but the coronas be­came darker and darker still.

Lisa looked back to see the dark coronas fade a bit, the children still sitting in their places.

I wonder what kind of voltage they are putting through those lines to make them leak electrical coronas like that.

Even here on the dark moor, lit only by starlight and the dim glow of the coronas of the wires, the patterns of flowers and animals skillfully cut into the glass of each wagon window glint like diamonds.

He set his glass on the table and held the box of Coronas del Ritz out to Spade.

He had seen Farrell’s eyes drinking the distant scenes of violence, and their flaring coronas of excitement told him that Mnemosyne’s long, long summer was drawing to a close.

But then she suddenly stopped looking past him, took a deep breath as if she had just decided something, and said, "But if you're making margaritas, I know you have tequila, and I see some Coronas around, so I'll start with a shot and a Corona.

They both quit drinking shots before too long, but had nursed their Coronas and then white wine and San Pellegrino.