Definition of crescent

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

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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..
Thunderbird :: Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher..
Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..
Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Pallah :: Pallah (n.) A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
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..
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
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..
Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..
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..
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
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