Part 2572

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.</def> Hence: <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.</def>

<blockquote>The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying <b>crescent</b> is daunted. <i>Campbell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Ren\'82 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.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Crescent</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres"cent</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Shaped like a crescent.</def>

<blockquote>Astarte, queen of heaven, with <b>crescent</b> horns. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Increasing; growing.</def>

<blockquote>O, I see the <b>crescent</b> promise of my spirit hath not set. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crescent</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres"cent</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Anna Seward.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To adorn with crescents.</def>

<h1>Crescentic</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres*cen"tic</hw> <tt>(kr?s-s?n"t?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crescent-shaped.</def> "<i>Crescentic</i> lobes."

<i>R. Owen.</i>

<h1>Crescentwise</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres"cent*wise`</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s<it>e</it>nt-w?z`)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Crescive</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cres"cive</hw> <tt>(kr?s"s?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crescere</ets> to increase.]</ety> <def>Increasing; growing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Unseen, yet <b>crescive</b> in his faculty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cresol</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre"sol</hw> <tt>(kr?"s?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Creosote</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of three metameric substances, <chform>CH3.C6H4.OH</chform>, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. <note>[Called also <altname>cresylic acid</altname>.]</note></def>

<h1>Cresorcin</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Cre*sor"cin</hw> <tt>(kr?-s?r"s?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Isorcin</er>.</def>