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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Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
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..
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..
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..
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..
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