2. Verb. (third-person singular of crest) ¹
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Definition of Crests
1. crest [v] - See also: crest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crests
Literary usage of Crests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"crests must have heen common in Chaucer's time from his description of the one
borne by Sir Thopas — " Upon hie crest he bore a tour, ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"Last superior molar with three crests and a heel; crests low, ... Last inferior
molar narrow, with four crests ; an accessory tubercle in each valley. ..."
3. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"A Collection of crests of the Nobility and Gentry, drawn and etched by William
Sharp, Herald.Painter. London, 1778, 4°. Book of Ornamented crests by J. ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"That is about twenty-six per cent of the genera contained species with these
crests and seventy-four contained species without them. ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"above, the yellow underneath : the crests are nearly black. ... Are other
great-horned owls, with the crests or tufts wider from each, and placed more ..."
6. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"On high their glittering crests they toss."—LORD OF THE ISLES. *' Then he bound
Her token on his helmet."—ELAINE. THE idea of a CREST, of some accessory ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"These families have the same crests. They live short distances apart. ...
crests the same as those of the Sta'stas, of whom they are the branch from ..."
8. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward, George Burnett (1892)
"The eyes of peacock's feathers are often used to adorn crests, see Plate XLIX., figs.
... The same explanation suffices for such crests as that of ..."
9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"crests must have heen common in Chaucer's time from his description of the one
borne by Sir Thopas — " Upon hie crest he bore a tour, ..."
10. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"Last superior molar with three crests and a heel; crests low, ... Last inferior
molar narrow, with four crests ; an accessory tubercle in each valley. ..."
11. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"A Collection of crests of the Nobility and Gentry, drawn and etched by William
Sharp, Herald.Painter. London, 1778, 4°. Book of Ornamented crests by J. ..."
12. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"That is about twenty-six per cent of the genera contained species with these
crests and seventy-four contained species without them. ..."
13. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"above, the yellow underneath : the crests are nearly black. ... Are other
great-horned owls, with the crests or tufts wider from each, and placed more ..."
14. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"On high their glittering crests they toss."—LORD OF THE ISLES. *' Then he bound
Her token on his helmet."—ELAINE. THE idea of a CREST, of some accessory ..."
15. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"These families have the same crests. They live short distances apart. ...
crests the same as those of the Sta'stas, of whom they are the branch from ..."
16. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward, George Burnett (1892)
"The eyes of peacock's feathers are often used to adorn crests, see Plate XLIX., figs.
... The same explanation suffices for such crests as that of ..."
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