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

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

Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.

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

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.

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

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

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

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.

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

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