Definition of crest

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Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..

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Pintado :: Pintado (n.) Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea..
Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..
Moonie :: Moonie (n.) The European goldcrest.
Cresting :: Cresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cres.
Crest :: Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet..
Koklass :: Koklass (n.) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia. The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras..
Monocrotism :: Monocrotism (n.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing..
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 (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
Combless :: Combless (a.) Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest..
Increst :: Increst (v. t.) To adorn with a crest.
Undercrest :: Undercrest (v. t.) To support as a crest; to bear.
Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Topknot :: Topknot (n.) A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
Thumbbird :: Thumbbird (n.) The goldcrest.
Crest :: Crest (n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
Finnikin :: Finnikin (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse..
Strophulus :: Strophiole (n.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.
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