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Definition of crescent

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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..

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

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

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

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..

Crescent :: 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..

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.