Definition of crescent

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Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

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Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.
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..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants..
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..
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..
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..
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.
Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..
Croissante :: Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
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..
Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune..
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..
Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.
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