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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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