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Crest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.]
1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm
Crested the world. --Shak.
Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. --Wordsworth.
2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . .
Is crested with lines of fiery light. --Spenser.
Crest·ed a.
1. Having a crest.
But laced crested helm. --Dryden.
2. Zool. Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. “The crested bird.”
3. Bott. Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft.
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crested
adj 1: bearing an heraldic device
2: (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or
process on the head; often used in combination; "golden
crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck";
"tufted loosestrife" [syn: topknotted, tufted]
3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn: plumed]