Tonsure: alternatives and connections

A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing.

the act of clipping or snipping

A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.

Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.

An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lo…

Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpe…

Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consum…

A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19.

The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cut…

To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is sai…

The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Melea…

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head…

A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.