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Crest, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n.
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.

Shak.

Mid groves of clouds that crest the
mountain's brow.

Wordsworth.

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.

Spenser.

Crest (kr&ebreve;st), v. i. To
form a crest.

Crest"ed (kr&ebreve;st"&ebreve;d),
a. 1. Having a
crest.

But laced crested helm.

Dryden.

2. (Zoöl.) Having a crest of
feathers or hair upon the head. "The crested bird."
Dryden.

3. (Bott.


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