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- Crescent - n. - 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.
- Crescent - n. - Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
- Crescent - n. - A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge
- Crescent - n. - A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
- Crescent - n. - The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
- Crescent - n. - The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.
- Crescent - n. - 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.
- Crescent - n. - 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.
- Crescent - a. - Shaped like a crescent.
- Crescent - a. - Increasing; growing.
- Crescent - v. t. - To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
- Crescent - v. t. - To adorn with crescents.
- Crescentic - a. - Crescent-shaped.
- Crescentwise - adv. - In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
- Pallah - n. - A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.
- Ringdove - n. - A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.
- Thunderbird - n. - An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
- Cusp - n. - The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
- Crescent - n. - Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
- Decrescent - n. - A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.