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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

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..

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

Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

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

Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

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

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

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

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