Definition of crescent

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Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..

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Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.
Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..
Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune..
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..
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