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▪ I. unˈcrested, ppl. a.1 [un-1 8.] Not adorned or furnished with a crest.
1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. 103 Some of each sort are high crested like a lapwing, others un⁓crested. 1757Dyer Fleece iv. 436 Soldier, and statesman, and uncrested chief. 1888Gunter Mr. Potter ix. 117 Plain letter paper and uncrested envelope. ▪ II. unˈcrested, ppl. a.2 [un-2 8.] Deprived of a crest.
1611Cotgr., Ecreté, topped, vncrested; whose top or crest is taken off. 1834De Quincey Autob. Sk. Wks. 1853 I. 181 note, Supposing the city to be uncrested, as it were; its upper tiers to be what the sailors call unshipped. |