Word Meanings - CRESTLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.

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• ESCUTCHEON
  The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base . That side of the escutcheon which is on the right
• ESCUTCHEONED
  Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. Young.
• CRESTLESS
  Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• CRESTFALLEN
  1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed. Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shak. 2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.
• BIRTHMARK
  Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birthmark, . . . a snake. Sir T. North.
• BIRTHING
  Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey.
• BIRTHRIGHT
  Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. Lest there be any
• BIRTHWORT
  A genus of herbs and shrubs , reputed to have medicinal properties.
• CRESTING
  An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
• BIRTHNIGHT
  The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. The angelic song in Bethlehem field, On thy birthnight, that sung thee Savior born. Milton.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• BIRTHLESS
  Of mean extraction. Sir W. Scott.
• BIRTHROOT
  An herbaceous plant , and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
• CRESTED
  Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. "The crested bird." Dryden. (more info) 1. Having a crest. But laced crested helm. Dryden.
• BIRTHDOM
  The land of one's birth; one's inheritance. Shak.
• BIRTH
  bear, bring forth; akin to D. geboorate, OHG. burt, giburt, G. geburt, Icel. bur, Skr. bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Ir. & Gael. 1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a
• WITHOUT
  1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer.
• CREST
  A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4. 4. The upper curve of a horse's neck. Throwing the base thong
• UNDERCREST
  To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• CHILDBIRTH
  The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
• NAPE-CREST
  An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.
• FIRECREST
  A small European kinglet , having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.
• INCREST
  To adorn with a crest. Drummond.