Crested

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {topknotted}, {tufted}]
       3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn: {plumed}]