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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Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
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..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.
Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..
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..
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.
Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.
Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.
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