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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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..
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..
Tharos :: Tharos (n.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
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..
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..
Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..
Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or 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..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
Croissante :: Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
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