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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Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent..
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
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..
Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
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..
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