crested

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  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”Synonyms: topknottedtufted
  3. (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plumeSynonyms: plumed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

2.To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes. [1913 Webster]

Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

Crested \Crest"ed\ (kr[e^]st"[e^]d), a.

1.Having a crest. [1913 Webster]

But laced crested helm.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. "The crested bird." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3.(Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. --Gray. [1913 Webster]


Syn: adorned. [WordNet 1.5]

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