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Crest   /krɛst/   Listen
noun
Crest  n.  
1.
A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. "(Attack) his rising crest, and drive the serpent back."
2.
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet. "Stooping low his lofty crest." "And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight."
3.
(Her.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.
4.
The upper curve of a horse's neck. "Throwing the base thong from his bending crest."
5.
The ridge or top of a wave. "Like wave with crest of sparkling foam."
6.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
7.
The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. "Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest."
8.
(Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc. "The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crests."
9.
(Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
Crest tile, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.
Interior crest (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.


verb
Crest  v. t.  (past & past part. crested; pres. part. 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." "Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow."
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."


Crest  v. i.  To form a crest.





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"Crest" Quotes from Famous Books



... business over and over in his mind, that he might study it from a hundred sides. For miles he did not see a human being— only a caravan of camels in the distance, some vultures overhead and the smoke of the train behind him by the great river. Suddenly, however, as he cantered over the crest of a hill, he saw in the desert-trail before him a foot-traveller, who turned round hastily, almost nervously, at the sound of his ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... Pryor called from her chair—mothers' eyes can see so far! "Well—don't get into any dirty play and soil it." The boys walked in silence—but it was a pregnant silence; for as the roof of the Claiborne house began to peer above the crest of the hill, Ross plumped down on a stone and ...
— The Best American Humorous Short Stories • Various
... in the forenoon a person from each family — usually a woman — passed slowly up the steep mountain side immediately west of Bontoc. These people went singly and in groups of two to four, following trails to points on the mountain's crest. Each woman carried a small earthen pot in which was a piece of pork covered with basi. Each also carried a chicken in an open-work basket, while tucked into the basket was a round stick about 14 inches long and half an inch in diameter. ...
— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks
... French from Ital. cervellato, "a kinde of dry sausage" (Florio), said to have been originally made from pig's brains. For hatchment we find in the 16th century achement, and even achievement. It is archaic Fr. hachement, the ornamental crest of a helmet, etc., probably derived from Old Fr. achemer, variant of acesmer, to adorn. Hence both the French and English forms have an unexplained h-, the earlier achement being nearer the original. French omelette has a bewildering ...
— The Romance of Words (4th ed.) • Ernest Weekley
... had reached Queen Anne Hill at three. For an hour he had walked the crest road, staring at the steamers below, alternately gripping his hands with desire of Claire, and timorously finally deciding that he wouldn't go to her house—wouldn't ever ...
— Free Air • Sinclair Lewis


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