cresting
 脊飾


 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·ing, n. Arch. An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

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