Definition of crescent

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Crescent (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state..

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Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune..
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
Pallah :: Pallah (n.) A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok..
Excrescent :: Excrescent (a.) Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Thunderbird :: Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher..
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..
Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
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