Definition of crescent

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

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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 (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.
Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
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..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
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 emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a 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..
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..
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..
Crescent :: 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..
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..
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