[ad. L. corōnāri-us of or pertaining to a crown, f. corōna crown: see -ARY. Cf. F. coronaire, 13th c.]
† 1. Of the nature of or resembling a crown; pertaining to or forming a crown. Obs. exc. as in b.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. vii. 118. The Basilisk … [having] some white markes or coronary spots upon the crowne.
1659. Pearson, Creed (1839), 270. The coronary thorns did … also pierce his tender and sacred temples.
b. Coronary gold [transl. L. coronarium aurum]: ‘a present of gold collected in the provinces for a victorious general; orig. expended for a golden crown’ (Lewis and Short).
1701. W. Wotton, Hist. Rome, 308–9. The Coronary Gold which was alway’s presented to the Emperors by all their Subjects upon a Victory, or any other public occasion of Gratulation.
1781. Gibbon, Decl. & F., II. 71. The occasional offerings of the coronary gold still retained the name and semblance of popular consent.
1862. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), VII. lxi. 347. Large gifts, under the name of coronary gold, were required from every province.
† 2. Suitable for garlands or wreaths. Coronary garden (Evelyn) = flower garden. Also as sb. = coronary plant or flower. Obs.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. x. (1611), 114. Coronarie Herbes are such as … are vsed for decking and trimming of the body, or adorning of houses: as also … in making of Crownes and Garlands.
1664. Evelyn, Kal. Hort. (1729), 202. Box … a most beautiful … Shrub, for Edgings, Knots, and other Ornaments of the Coronary-Garden. Ibid. (1675), Terra (1776), 6. The most desirable for flowers and the Coronary garden.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts, 89. Of garlands and coronary or garland-plants.
as sb.:— 1696. Evelyn, Mem., 28 Oct. Jonquills, ranunculas, and other of our rare coronaries.
3. Anat. a. ‘Applied to vessels, ligaments, and nerves which encircle parts like a crown’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.), or to parts in connection with these.
Such are the coronary arteries and veins (c. vessels) of the heart, which furnish the supply of blood to the substance of the heart itself; so coronary plexus, sinus, valve, parts in connection with these; also c. arteries of the lip, of the stomach, c. ligament of the elbow, of the knee, of the liver. c. sinus of the brain, c. vein of the stomach, etc.
1679. Plot, Staffordsh. (1686), 180. A Pullets heart, with … the Coronary Vessels descending from it.
1741. Monro, Anat. Nerves (ed. 3), 73. The Coronary Arteries … are the only ones that supply the Heart.
1831. R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 439. The cavernous sinuses receive a great number of meningeal veins … and the two coronary sinuses. Ibid., 605. The coronary vein of the stomach.
1845. Todd & Bowman, Phys. Anat., I. 137. The coronary ligament of the radius.
b. Applied to the small pastern (second phalangeal) bone of a horse’s foot, and to parts connected with this. Also absol. as sb. = CORONET 5.
1847. Youatt, Horse, xviii. 372. The hoof or box is composed of the crust or wall, the coronary ring and band.
1854. Owen, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Org. Nat., I. 234. A sesamoid ossicle between this and the second is called the ‘coronary.’
1882. Syd. Soc. Lex., Coronary bone, the altered second phalanx of the foot of the horse and like animals. Coronary cushion, the matrix of the wall of the hoof in Solipeds.
c. Pertaining to the crown (of a tooth).
1823. W. Buckland, Reliq. Diluv., 29. The majority [of the teeth] having lost the upper portion of their coronary part.
