Word Meanings - INCREST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To adorn with a crest. Drummond.

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• DRUMMOND LIGHT
  A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
• ADORNINGLY
  By adorning; decoratively.
• ADORNATION
  Adornment.
• ADORN
  To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place.
• CRESTLESS
  Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.
• 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.
• ADORNMENT
  An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
• ADORNER
  He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.
• CRESTING
  An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• DISADORN
  To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.
• GOLDCREST
  The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
• READORN
  To adorn again or anew.