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As a cresset true that darts its length

Of beamy luster from a tower of strength.

Wordsworth.

2. (Coopering) A small furnace or
iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and
making the staves flexible. Knight.

Cress"y (kr&ebreve;s"&ybreve;), a.
Abounding in cresses.

The cressy islets white in flower.

Tennyson.

Crest (kr&ebreve;st), n. [OF.
creste, F. crête, L. crista.]
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. Darwin.

[Attack] his rising crest, and drive the
serpent back.

C. Pitt.

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.

Sir W. Scott.

And on his head there stood upright

A crest, in token of a knight.


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