CRESCENT
\kɹˈɛsənt], \kɹˈɛsənt], \k_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of CRESCENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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resembling the new moon in shape
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any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
By Princeton University
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resembling the new moon in shape
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any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.
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Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
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A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge
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A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
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The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
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The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.
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Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
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The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
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Shaped like a crescent.
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To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
By Oddity Software
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Growing; shaped like the new moon.
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An increasing or new moon; a figure like a new moon; the national emblem of Turkey.
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Growing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Increasing, as the new moon.
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The moon in its first quarter, or something so shaped. as the device on the Turkish standard.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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