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Definition of crescent

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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..

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Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

Croissante :: Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..

Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.

Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.

Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent..

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

Phaeton :: Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore..

Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..

Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.

Lune :: Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles..

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..

Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..

Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.