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Definition of crest

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Crest (n.) 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..

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Crest :: Crest (v. i.) To form a crest.

Strophulus :: Strophiole (n.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.

Cresting :: Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for..

Cucullated :: Cucullated (a.) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles..

Chapfallen :: Chapfallen (a.) Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen..

Copped :: Copped (a.) Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.

Combless :: Combless (a.) Without a comb or crest; as, a combless cock..

Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..

Topknot :: Topknot (n.) A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women..

Moonie :: Moonie (n.) The European goldcrest.

Crest :: Crest (n.) 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..

Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..

Hocco :: Hocco (n.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.

Crown :: Crown (n.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach..

Phainopepla :: Phainopepla (n.) A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher..

Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..

Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..

Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen..