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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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Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.

Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..

Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..

Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.

Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..

Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..

Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

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..