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4. Any one of three orders of knighthood;
the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in
1268; the second by René 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. Brande & C.

5. (Her.) The emblem of the
increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat
of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a
second son and his descendants.

Cres"cent (kr&ebreve;s"sent),
a. 1. Shaped like a
crescent.

Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent
horns.

Milton.

2. Increasing; growing.

O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit
hath not set.

Tennyson.

Cres"cent, v. t. 1.
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a
crescent. [R.] Anna Seward.

2. To adorn with crescents.

Cres*cen"tic (kr&ebreve;s*s&ebreve;n"t&ibreve;k),
a. Crescent-shaped.


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