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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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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..

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 adorn with crescents.

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

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

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.

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

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..

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

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.

Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small 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..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..

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..

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.