Cresting

2 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]:

  Cresting \Crest"ing\, n. (Arch.)
     An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
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