crestedadj.
/ˈkrɛstɪd/ 1.
a. Furnished, topped, or adorned with a crest; wearing or having a crest.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [adjective] > crested
ycrested1581
crested1810
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4541 With an hard crested serpentis fel.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xvi. 102 The huppe or lapwynche is a byrde crested.
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 135 With cristed plumes they fiercely other smite.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 443 The crested Cock. View more context for this quotation
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 4 Fair dames and crested chiefs.
1851 C. L. Smith tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered ii. lxxxiv This makes the billow smooth its crested head.
b. spec. Applied to many species of animals and plants distinguished by a crest; = Latin cristatus, -a. See also Compounds.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > crested or crowned
copped1398
coppled1600
cristate1661
copple-crowned1699
cristated1727
crested1796
crowned1796
coppy1891
the world > plants > appearance of plant > form of plant or that has parts of particular shape > [adjective] > having particular shape or shaped parts
jagged1548
crowned1578
fingered1597
handed1597
hooded1597
unbranched1665
starred1693
bell-like1754
bell-shaped1758
campaniform1758
columniferous1785
gladiate1793
bottlebrush1798
antlereda1806
muscariform1839
sagittiferous1858
crested1861
unseptated1899
unseptate1900
palmiform1962
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvii. 300 The crested eagle.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 536 The Crested Penguins are inhabitants of several of the South Sea islands.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 98 Crested Dog's-tail.
1882 Garden 16 Sept. 258/3 The Crested Male Fern.
c. figurative. (Cf. crest n.1 1b.)
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the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > filled with pride or made proud
proudful1340
pridefulc1429
prouded1602
uplifted1609
crested1619
prided1773
the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [adjective]
over-trusty?c1225
assured1477
self-wise1573
confident1600
flush1604
crested1619
sufficienta1625
self-sufficient1628
self-confiding1647
self-trustinga1660
self-secure1679
self-assured1711
cocksure1842
secure1859
self-sufficing1874
ten feet tall1962
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iv. ix. 457 The miserable ouerthrow of Crassus made the Parthians higher crested.
1757 T. Gray Ode II i. i, in Odes 13 The crested pride Of the first Edward.
2. Heraldry. Having a crest of a different tincture from that of the body.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > having specific part of different tincture
ongled?1503
membered1530
unged1562
beaked1572
crested1572
crined1572
langued1572
legged1572
penned1572
unguled1572
jolloped1610
ungled1675
lingued1680
quilled1688
wattled1688
animé1730
tufted1761
tusked1766
maned1780
velloped1780
crured1804
tushedc1828
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 60v A Basiliske displayed, Emeraude, cristed, Saphire.
1766–87 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry Gloss.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged
ridged1324
rigged1545
crested1578
ribbed1583
ridgy1591
balked1597
ribby1706
rippleda1729
ridging1819
welted1899
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxx. 42 The stalkes [of Rhubarb] are straked and crested.
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 268 Mandillians..some plaited and crested [striped] behind.
4. Having a raised ridge. (See crest n.1 9.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective]
rivelledOE
wrinkled1563
channelled1597
ribbed1597
trisulcated1703
ribby1706
rugose1707
ruminate1800
ruminated1828
striolate?1841
multicostate1849
crested1856
fork-ribbed1858
tricostate1861
bicarinate1872
carinal1872
vallecular1875
carinate1876
bicarinated1880
trisulcate1891
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [adjective] > ridge
crested1856
1856 A. R. Wallace in Huxley Man's Place Nat. i. (1863) 40–1 Single-crested and double-crested skulls.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. Index Crested petals.
Compounds
crested lark n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Galerida (crested-lark)
corydale1600
crested lark1837
1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 165 (heading) Crested Lark. Alauda cristata.
1894 R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Great Brit. (1896) 89 The Wood-Lark..agrees with the Crested Lark,..in having the first primary quill well developed.
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crested titmouse n. Parus (Lophophanes) cristatus, or any species of the sub-genus Lophophanes.
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crested newt n. (frequently with distinguishing word) any of several newts of the Eurasian genus Triturus, with a dorsal crest; esp. T. cristatus (see great crested newt n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1g).
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1838 Descr. Catal. Physiol. Ser. Compar. Anat. Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons IV. 54 A crested Newt (Triton cristatus..), fully grown.
1899 C. M. Yonge John Keble's Parishes xvi. 192 The pretty crested newt, dark brown and orange, with a gold crest along its back like an iguana, is found in shallow ponds.
1947 Proc. Zool. Soc. 117 247 A species of newt from Brittany, Triton blasii,..in its chief characters was intermediate between the Crested Newt, T. cristatus..and the Marbled Newt, T. marmoratus.
2012 C. Guillsin Hungary 22 Endangered animals in Hungary include the Danube crested newt.
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