[syn: crested, plumed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crest \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.
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His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm
Crested the world. --Shak.
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Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like,
waving plumes.
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Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . .
Is crested with lines of fiery light. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crested \Crest"ed\ (kr[e^]st"[e^]d), a.
1. Having a crest.
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But laced crested helm. --Dryden.
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2. (Zool.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.
"The crested bird." --Dryden.
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3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an
elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. --Gray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed,
raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne,
enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled,
ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly,
ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled,
wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crested
adj 1: bearing an heraldic device
2: (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or
process on the head; often used in combination; "golden
crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck";
"tufted loosestrife" [syn: crested, topknotted, tufted]
3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn:
crested, plumed]