Definition of crest

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Crest (n.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc..

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Crest :: Crest (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
Wreath :: Wreath (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms..
Cresting :: Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..
Chapfallen :: Chapfallen (a.) Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen..
Crest :: Crest (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
Hocco :: Hocco (n.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.
Scyllaea :: Scyllaea (n.) A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious..
Verumontanum :: Verumontanum (n.) An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the seminal ducts enter it..
Undercrest :: Undercrest (v. t.) To support as a crest; to bear.
Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..
Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..
Goura :: Goura (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species..
Cassican :: Cassican (n.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird..
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
Crest :: Crest (v. i.) To form a crest.
Cop :: Cop (n.) The top of a thing; the head; a crest.
Soulili :: Soulili (n.) A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black..
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