crestn.1
/krɛst/, U.S. /krɛst/ 1.
a. A ‘comb’, a tuft of feathers, or similar excrescence, upon an animal's head.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > crest or forelock
topa1225
cresta1387
toppingc1400
tuft1598
foretop1607
fore-topping1683
forelock1711
antiae1874
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 197 He..had anon igrowe a spore on þe leg, and a crest on þe heed, as it were a cok.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 329 A lappewinke made he was..And on his heed there stont upright A crest in token of a knight.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxxiii. 1180 A certein fisshe wiþ a sawyng creste rendeþ his tendre wombe and sleeþ him.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Creste, of a byrdys hede, cirrus.
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 155 Phebus red fowle hys corall creist can steir.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 525 Oft he [sc. the serpent] bowd His turret Crest . View more context for this quotation
1781 W. Cowper Truth 476 The subtlest serpent with the loftiest crest.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 94 In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest.
b. figurative. In phrases, such as to erect one's crest, elevate one's crest, let fall one's crest, used as a symbol of pride, self-confidence, or high spirits. Cf. crestfallen adj.
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the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble
to come downa1382
meeka1400
meekena1500
let fall one's crest1531
to come (also get) off one's perch1568
to come down a peg1589
lower1837
to come off the roof1883
to climb down1887
deflate1912
to come, etc., off one's high horse1920
the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)]
proudOE
pride?c1225
to set up one's comb or hair1528
to hold up one's nose1579
plume1685
superbiate1785
erect one's crest1796
1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon 27 When the byshoppes sawe that..they beganne to set up theyr crestes.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 373 And make him fall, His crest . View more context for this quotation
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. viii. §6. 97 Then beganne the Argiues to let fall their crests, and sue for peace.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 318 That this faction does..erect its crest upon the engagement.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 481 After a short explanation..their crests fell, and..all went away satisfied.
c. Any feathery-like tuft or excrescence: applied e.g. to the tail of a comet.
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the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [noun] > tail
streamc1368
crest1387
train1559
beard1563
tail1572
streamer1621
antitail1957
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 33 Stella comata, þat is, a sterre wiþ a briȝt shynynge crest.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxlix. f. lxxix Apperyd in the firmament .Ii. Blasynge starrys, or .ii. starrys with crestis.
2. An erect plume or tuft of feathers, horse-hair, or the like, fixed on the top of a helmet or head-dress; any ornament or device worn there as a badge or cognizance.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > plume
crestelc1320
crestc1380
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > plume (of feathers, etc.)
crestelc1320
crestc1380
plumach1494
plumasse1494
plume1530
plumage1565
panache1584
plumassery1613
kalgi1715
hackle1816
heckle1855
panache-crest1864
osprey1885
paradise1905
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 622 Al anoneward þe helm an heȝ ys crest a bar adoun & þe cercle of gold þat sat þer-bey.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1128 The creste, that on his hede shold stond, Hit was all gold shynand.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 194 Creasts being the Ornaments set on the eminent toppe of the Healme..were vsed auntiently to terrifie the enemy, and therefore were strange deuises or figures of terrible shapes.
1824 T. B. Macaulay Ivry A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest.
1874 J. G. Whittier Eagle's Quill from Lake Superior ix War-chiefs with their painted brows, And crests of eagle wings.
3.
a. Heraldry. A figure or device (originally borne by a knight on his helmet) placed on a wreath, coronet, or chapeau, and borne above the shield and helmet in a coat of arms; also used separately, as a cognizance, upon articles of personal property, as a seal, plate, note-paper, etc.As it represents the ornament worn on the knight's helmet, it cannot properly be borne by a woman, or by a corporate body, as a college or city. (It is a vulgar error to speak of the arms or shields of such bodies as crests.)
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure or device over shield and helmet
cresta1400
a1400–50 Alexander (Ashm.) 1837 To Darius..enditis he a pistill, A crest clenly inclosid þat consayued þis wordis.
1431 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 88 A faire stone of Marble with my creste, myn armes, my vanturs.
1572 J. Bossewell title Workes of Armorie deuided into three Bookes, entituled..of Cotes and Creastes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 223 What is your Crest, a Coxcombe? View more context for this quotation
1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman i. 15 Mine old Host at Arnhem..changed his Coate and Crest thrice in a fortnight.
1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. ii. iv. 167 A crescent,—the crest of the Northumberland family.
b. figurative.
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c1425 Fest. Church 66 in Leg. Rood (1871) 212 Whan kyngis sone bare fleisshly creste.
1592 J. Lyly Midas v. ii Melancholy is the creast of courtiers' armes.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 173 Who have nothing but long Nails as the Crests of idle Gentility.
c. Archery. A series of narrow coloured bands painted around the shaft of an arrow below the fletching, used as an identifying mark.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > target arrow > parts of
saddleback1545
footing1856
crest1929
1929 A. W. Lambert Mod. Archery xii. 108 This protective painting is elaborated to serve as a decoration of heraldic nature, termed the crest.
1939 P. H. Gordon New Archery xviii. 271 The crest is an arrangement of bright paint bands about the chest of the shaft.
4. The apex or ‘cone’ of a helmet; hence, a helmet or head-piece.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun]
helmc725
hoodc1275
crestc1325
iron hatc1330
testerc1386
helmet1470
cap1530
hood-skull1537
headpiecea1555
caska1586
mazer1605
casque1696
head cover1839
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > crest
crestc1325
timbre1478
helmet-crest1509
timbrel1513
cone1737
comb1834
c1325 Coer de L. 275 Upon hys crest a raven stode.
c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 195 Vpon his crest he bar a tour.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 782 Hic conus, a crest.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B4v On his crauen crest A bounch of heares discolourd diuersly.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 317 There stucke no plume in any English Crest, That is remoued by a staffe of France. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 988 On his Crest Sat horror Plum'd. View more context for this quotation
1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 416 On his unguarded Crest The Stroke delusive fell.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 22 The feathers that danced on his crest.
5.
a. The head, summit, or top of anything.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > highest point or top
headOE
copa1000
heightOE
topc1000
highestlOE
crest1382
coperounc1400
summita1425
summity?a1425
toppet1439
altitude?a1475
upperest1484
principala1533
pitcha1552
supremity1584
culm1587
period1595
spire1600
upward1608
cope1609
fastigium1641
vertex1641
culmen1646
supreme1652
tip-top1702
peak1785
helm1893
altaltissimo1975
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 23 Two goldun ryngis, the whiche thow shalt putte in either creeste of the broche.
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 128 Hevynly lylleis..Oppynnyt and schew thar creistis redymyte.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) 71 The Northern wind..doth first murmur at this aspiring Oke, and then striketh his Crest with some greater strength.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. xi. 285 The drooping Crests of fading flowres.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 44 The giant tower, from whose high crest, they say, Men saw the goodly hills of Somerset.
1871 D. G. Rossetti Troy Town xii His arrow's burning crest.
b. esp. The summit of a hill or mountain.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > summit
knollc888
knapc1000
copc1374
crest?a1400
head?a1425
summit1481
summitya1500
mountain topa1522
hilltop1530
stump1664
scalp1810
bald1838
van1871
dod1878
berg-top1953
?a1400 Morte Arth. 882 Appone the creste of the cragge.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 731 Þer as claterande fro þe crest þe colde borne renneȝ.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. v And wente forth by the creast of that hylle.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 83 The very pitch and crest of the hill, the Scyto~tauri do hold.
1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 5 At a high Mountains foot, whose lofty crest O're looks the Marshy Prospect.
1799 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 22 Strongly posted on the elevated crest of a rocky ridge.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xxxii. 91 O'er many a mountain chain which rears Its hundred crests aloft.
c. figurative. The most excellent, the crown. rare.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person
highesteOE
bestOE
greatest?c1225
pridec1330
crestc1400
primrosea1450
outrepass1477
A per sea1500
primrose peerless1523
prisec1540
prime1579
surquidry1607
excellency1611
nonsuchc1613
crown jewel1646
top1665
patriarch1700
pièce de résistance1793
number one1825
business1868
resistance piece1870
star1882
mostest1889
koh-i-noor1892
best-ever1905
flagship1933
the end1950
endsville1957
Big Mac1969
mack daddy1993
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 855 Of spotlez perlez þa[y] beren þe creste.
1838 T. De Quincey Avenger in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 210/2 And yet to many it was the consummation and crest of the whole.
1873 J. R. Lowell All Saints 1 One feast, of holy days the crest..All-Saints.
6. Architecture (a) The finishing of stone, metal, etc., which surmounts a roof-ridge, wall, screen, or the like; a cresting; sometimes applied to the finial of a gable or pinnacle; (b) short for crest-tile n. at Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge
roof tileeOE
rig-tile1327
ridge tile1382
crest1430
crest-tile1477
rigging stone1573
crease1703
ridgetop1761
ridge tiling1795
crown tile1823
comb1824
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi To reyse a wall With batayling and crestes marciall.
1513 Will of Jamys Hutton (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/17) f. 213v Crest of the Highe Aulter.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lii. sig. Liiv Than Arthur..slypped downe thereby tyll he came to the crest of the wall.
1597 S. Finche Let. 22 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 155 The crests as heigh for the safegarde of the windoes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 526 Supposing verily there had been tiles and crests indeed.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. vii. 14.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §537 Moss groweth chiefly upon Ridges of Houses..and upon the Crests of Walls.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xx. 491 As a rule, crests cost as much by the hundred as plain tiles do by the thousand.
7. An elevated ridge.
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a. The lofty ridge of a mountain which forms its sky line, and from which the surface slopes on each side; the summit line of a col or pass; the ridge of a hedge-bank or the like.
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b. Fortification. The top line of a parapet or slope.
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c. A balk or ridge in a field between two furrows.
d. The curling foamy top or ridge of a wave; the highest part of any undulation.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [noun] > crest
ridgeOE
white nose1771
feather1838
crest1864
sea-cap1867
comb1886
soup1962
peak1963
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Creyste, of londe eryyde, porca.
1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 21 Four feet and a half below the crest of the Parapet.
1849 A. H. Layard Nineveh & Remains I. i. vii. 210 Two vast rocks formed a kind of gateway on the crest of the pass.
1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 19 Crests, cradges, and ward-dykes [were] constructed to hold off fen-waters.
1864 Earl of Derby tr. Homer Iliad iv. 485 First curls the ruffl'd sea With whit'ning crests.
1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. vi. 118 From a rounded and flattened ridge it narrows into a mere knife-edged crest, shelving steeply into the glens on either side.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 214.
e. Chiefly Electrical Engineering. A point in a wave-form at which the varying quantity is a maximum. Hence crest factor n. the ratio of the maximum value ( crest value) of an alternating current or voltage to its root-mean-square value. crest voltmeter n. any instrument for measuring the maximum value of an alternating voltage. (Cf. peak n.2)
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun] > maximum value
crest1914
crest value1914
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > maximum value
crest value1914
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun] > maximum value > ratio
crest factor1914
peak factor1914
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > maximum value > ratio
crest factor1914
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun] > maximum value > instrument measuring
crest voltmeter1916
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 111/1 [Acoustics] The wave represented by the dotted line, which..has its crests.
1914 H. Pender Amer. Handbk. Electr. Engineers 1297 Crest-factor or peak-factor is the ratio of the crest or maximum value to the r.m.s. value.
1914 H. Pender Amer. Handbk. Electr. Engineers 1297 The crest value of a sine~wave is √2.
1916 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 35 i. 115 The crest voltmeter is a direct-reading instrument, reading either the r.m.s. value of a sine wave having the same crest as a high voltage wave to which it is connected, or the true crest value, depending upon its calibration.
1961 Listener 9 Nov. 767/2 With an alternating current system, the insulation has to withstand the maximum value of the crest of the voltage wave; and that crest value is higher than the useful value, and so some of the expensive insulating capacity is wasted. In a direct current system the crest value of the voltage is the useful value, so there is no waste of insulation.
8. † b. The dewlap of an ox. Obsolete.
a. The ridge or surface line of the neck of a horse, dog, or other animal; sometimes applied to the mane which this part bears.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > ridge of neck
crest1593
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Cv His braided hanging mane Vpon his compast crest now stand on end. View more context for this quotation
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) i. i. 2 Chuse a horse with a deep neck, large crest.
1724 London Gaz. No. 6286/3 Stolen..a..Gelding..with Saddle Spots upon his Crest.
a1849 R. Wilson Autobiogr. (1862) I. ii. 89 My little mare received..a musket-ball through the crest of her neck.
1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §227 The crest, which is properly the mane of lion or horse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > dewlap
freshlapa1398
dewlap1398
lap1398
crop1599
crest1607
lap-lock1648
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 74 A long thicke and soft necke, his crest discending downe to the knee.
9.
a. A raised ridge on the surface of any object.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Areste The Crest, of a sword, &c.; a sharpe rising in the middle thereof.
b. Anatomy. A ridge running along the surface of a bone, as the frontal, occipital, parietal (or sagittal) crests of the skull, the lacrymal, nasal, and turbinated crests in the face, the iliac, pubic, and tibial crests, etc.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > ridge on surface
crest1828
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 152 Horns..slightly bent outwards and forwards, the frontal crest passing behind them.
1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 146 These surfaces are separated by three edges. The anterior..is called the Crest of the Tibia.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. v. 178 The ilium has a wide outer surface, the upper border of which is termed the ‘crest’.
c. dental crest: ‘the ridge of epithelium which, at the earliest stage of the development of the teeth, covers in the dental groove, and from the lower layers of which the enamel organ is developed’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882).
d. Botany and Zoology. A formation resembling a crest or ridge, on the surface of an organ.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [noun]
wrinkle1545
crest1597
ruga1683
tubea1704
furrow1725
flute1728
stria1731
rib1740
carina1774
striolet1826
vallecula1856
channel1875
carination1880
rumination1889
striola1903
riblet1949
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 2 Leafe, sheath, eare, or crest.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 145 The keel [of Polygala] has an appendage..called technically a crest, and often consisting of one or even two rows of fringes or divisions.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 392 Luzula pilosa..crest of seeds long curved terminal.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 540 When outgrowths occur on the seed, either along the raphe..or as a cushion covering the micropyle..they are variously called Crest, Strophiole, or Caruncle.
e. (See quot. 1954.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > thread > parts of thread
root1865
lead1905
crest1916
flank angle1951
1916 C. E. Allen Machinery's Screw Thread Bk. 3 The crest is the prominent part of the thread, of either the male screw or of the female screw.
1954 Defs. for use in Mech. Engin. (B.S.I.) 16 Crest, that part of the surface of a thread which connects adjacent flanks at the top of the ridge.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > of specific size > broadcloth > middle line or fold of
crest1483
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 §4 Every hole wolen Cloth called brode Cloth shall hold and conteyn in leenght xxiiij yerdes..to be measured by the Crest of the same Cloth.
Phrases
† to fall at or on the crest: (of a horse) to have the flesh or skin of the neck drooping or overhanging. Cf. crestfallen adj. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > of horse: have disorder [verb (intransitive)]
to fall at or on the crest1697
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > have skin of neck drooping
to fall at the crest1697
1697 London Gaz. No. 3303/4 Lost..a white Nag..fallen at the Crest with the Harness.
1701 London Gaz. No. 3715/4 Stolen..a Sorrel Gelding..falls on the Crest.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. † crest-front n. Obsolete
crest-bearer n.
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1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Dec. 3/2 The united crest of France and Navarre..supported by two angels as crest-bearers.
crest-feather n.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 291/2 To elevate the crest-feathers.
b.
crest-like adj.
crest-lopped adj.
crest-wounding adj.
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1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F4v O vnfelt sore, crest-wounding priuat scarre! View more context for this quotation
C2. † crest-risen adj. Obsolete (cf. 1b and crestfallen adj.).
crest-board n. a board which forms the crest or finishing of any projecting part of a building.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
1881 Mechanic §985 If a gutter be made..the front may be finished with a crest-board.
crest-line n. (a) a series of ridges; (b) the sky-line of a ridge (cf. 7a).
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > series of
crest-line1890
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > crest of
comba1325
edgec1400
rigging1541
ridge crest1848
ridgetop1849
chine1855
arête1862
back1863
crest-line1890
1890 F. D. Lugard Diary (1959) I. ii. 96 The house..does not run parallel with the crest line, so..I am bound to make the Stockade skew-wise a bit.
1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 49 From the encircling rim are darting innumerable spurts of flame..from the rifles of the men clinging like flies to the crest-line.
1915 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 9/2 Hardly had we rejoined the battalion, which was formed up behind a second crest-line.., when a tremendous shell fire began to fall.
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the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > elated with pride
elatec1386
vokiea1510
cock-a-hoop1564
perched1600
crest-risen1611
high-crested1611
elated1615
perked1824
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accresté..also, cockit, proud, lustie, creast-risen.
†crest-sunk adj. Obsolete see crest-risen adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > other disorders of horses
incorded1566
crest-sunk1618
crestfallen1696
chest-foundered1703
clapped1760
eastern1933
1618 R. Brathwait Descr. Death 271 Chapfalne, crest-sunke, drie-bon'd anatomie.
crest-tile n. a bent tile used to cover the crest or ridge of a roof.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge
roof tileeOE
rig-tile1327
ridge tile1382
crest1430
crest-tile1477
rigging stone1573
crease1703
ridgetop1761
ridge tiling1795
crown tile1823
comb1824
1477 Act 17 Edw. IV c. 3 Thaktile, roftile, ou crestile.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enfaistau, a Ridge-tyle, Creast-tyle, Roofe-tyle.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 959 s.v. In Gothic architecture, crest tiles are those which, decorated with leaves, run up the sides of a gable or ornamented canopy.
crest-wreath n. in Heraldry the wreath or fillet of twisted silk which bears the crest.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure or device over shield and helmet > crest-wreath
wreath1478
torse1572
orle1834
crest-wreath1864
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xvii. 265 This Crest-Wreath first appears a little before the middle of the 14th century.
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† crestn.2
Obsolete.
The disease called piles; also, corns.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > piles
haemorrhoids1398
emerodsc1400
ficusc1400
fig14..
pile?a1425
crest1569
marisca1684
Farmer Giles1955
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening > hard skin > corn
agnaileOE
cornc1440
werrock?a1513
wrang-nail?c1530
core1532
crest1569
pin1611
warnel1611
clavus1807
1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes iii. 46 Against the crestes of the piles in the fundiment.
1651 Surgions Direct. ix. 244 This kind of Tumor is called..Cornes in English; and I thought it good to call them Crest, because they are alwayes growing.
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† crestcressn.3
Obsolete.
a. crest-cloth n. some kind of linen cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > other
lewyn1360
crest-clothc1430
homplec1450
busk1458
kreyscloth1507
middlegood1567
botano1604
Britannias1699
green cloth1700
tandem1747
Russia sheeting1749
damassé1864
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 38 Take Rys..bray hem smal y-now; & þerow a crees bunte syfte hem.
1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (Rolls) (1859) II. 164 Creste clothe, and canvasse.
1487 Will of Dame Elizabeth Brown, formerly Ponyngis (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 97v A pece of new creste clothe conteygnyng xxiij ellys.
1507 in C. Kerry St. Lawr., Reading (1883) 234 Paied for ij ells di. of crescloth for to make Eve a cote—xd.
1611 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 92 In any kerchief, koyfe, crest cloth or shaddow.
b. A piece or fixed quantity of this cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > other > piece or quantity of
crest1459
1459 Will of William Lyghtfote (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/4) f. 130v Crestes panni linei vocat[i] crestcloth.
1488 Will of William Jonys (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 136 j cresse de cressecloth.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices IV. 555 In the earlier years the ‘crest’ appears to be a recognised quantity [of linen cloth].]
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crestv.
/krɛst/, U.S. /krɛst/ 1. transitive. To furnish with a crest; to put a crest, cresting, or ridge on (a building).
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the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy or form the top of > furnish with a top
crownc1430
crestc1440
encrown1486
head1530
top1581
increst1611
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Crestyn, or a-rayyn wythe a creste ( Pynson, or sette on a creest), cristo.
1814 R. Southey Roderick v The Christian hand..had with a cross Of well-hewn stone crested the pious work.
1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. v. 215 The Sheriff..is ordered to crest with lead all the passages at Clarendon.
2.
a. To serve as a crest to; to surmount as a crest; to top, to crown.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > set in a high position [verb (transitive)] > occupy or form the top of
crownc1430
pinnaclea1525
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cresta1616
top1615
head1638
coronate1707
cap1807
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 82 His legges bestrid the Ocean, his rear'd arme Crested the world. View more context for this quotation
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 11 Broad battlements Crested the bulwark.
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters ii. iv. iii. §16 The clinging wood climbing along their ledges and cresting their summits.
b. ‘To mark with long streaks, in allusion to the streaming hair of the crest’ (Todd).
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1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A4v Like as the shining skie in summers night..Is creasted all with lines of firie light. View more context for this quotation
3. To reach the crest or summit of (a hill, rising ground, wave, etc.).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > reach the top of
top1602
breast1718
crest1851
1851 J. H. Newman Lect. Catholicism Eng. 43 In this inquisitive age, when the Alps are crested, and seas fathomed.
1860 Mayne Reid in Chambers's Jrnl. XIV. 172 As we crested each swell, we were freshly exposed to observation.
1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) VI. vi. 75 The..Ravine [was] forbiddingly hard to crest.
4. intransitive. To erect one's crest, raise oneself proudly. Now dialect.
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the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly
swella1250
to make it stoutc1315
to bear oneself stout1338
bridlea1475
to make it prouda1500
strut1518
to set up one's bristles1529
strut?c1570
square1584
square1590
swagger1600
to take on1603
puff1633
fluster1698
to hold one's head high1707
crest1713
to set out the shin1719
straddle1802
1713 T. Parnell in Guardian 15 May 2/1 The Bully seemed a Dunghil Cock, he crested well, and bore his Comb aloft.
1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Henrides 5 Oct. 1773, 356 The old minister was standing with his back to the fire, cresting up erect.
5. intransitive. Of waves: To form or rise into a crest; to curl into a crest of foam.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > break with foam
comb1807
crest1850
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 235 Where wave on wave cresting on Bristles with angry breath.
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iii. ii. ii. §6 The superficial part of the swell..begins to curl and crest as a huge billow.
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