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<p><b>5.</b> <def>The ridge or top of wave.</def>

<blockquote>Like wave with <b>crest</b> of sparkling foam. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.</def>

<blockquote>Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed <b>crest</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called <b>crest</b>. <i>Parker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>The top line of a slope or embankment.</def>

<cs><col>Crest tile</col>, <cd>a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.</cd> -- <col>Interior crest</col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the highest line of the parapet.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crest</h1> <Xpage=343>

<hw>Crest</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crested</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cresting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.

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<blockquote>His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm <b>Crested</b> the world. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mid groves of clouds that <b>crest</b> the mountain's brow. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.</def>

<blockquote>Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is <b>crested</b> with lines of fiery light. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crest</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crest</hw> <tt>(kr?st)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form a crest.</def>

<h1>Crested</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crest"ed</hw> <tt>(kr?st"?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a crest.</def>

<blockquote>But laced <b>crested</b> helm. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.</def> "The <i>crested</i> bird."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bott.)</fld> <def>Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Crestfallen</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crest"fall`en</hw> <tt>(-f?l`'n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.</def>

<blockquote>Let it make thee <b>crestfullen</b>; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>