Crested
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
crested
adj 1: bearing an heraldic device
2: (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or
process on the head; often used in combination; "golden
crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck";
"tufted loosestrife" [syn: {crested}, {topknotted}, {tufted}]
3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn:
{crested}, {plumed}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Crested \Crest"ed\ (kr[e^]st"[e^]d), a.
1. Having a crest.
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But laced crested helm. --Dryden.
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2. (Zool.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.
"The crested bird." --Dryden.
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3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an
elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. --Gray.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly}; {bedaubed}; {bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled}; {braided}; {brocaded, embossed,
raised}; {buttony}; {carbuncled}; {champleve, cloisonne,
enameled}; {crested, plumed having a decorative plume)};
{crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted}; {crested};
{embellished, ornamented, ornate}; {embroidered}; {encircled,
ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out}; {feathery, feathered, plumy}; {frilled, frilly,
ruffled}; {fringed}; {gilt-edged}; {inflamed}; {inlaid};
{inwrought}; {laced}; {mosaic, tessellated}; {paneled,
wainscoted}; {studded}; {tapestried}; {tasseled, tasselled};
{tufted}; {clinquant, tinseled, tinselly}; {tricked-out}]
Also See: {clothed}, {fancy}. Antonym: {unadorned}.
Syn: adorned.
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