crescent

• I had never known how very very thin this crescent is, and how difficult it can be to spot. —  Here There and Everywhere
• French designs prevailed, Chinese elements could still be found in the smaller details, such as the crescent-shaped pull handles on the drawers. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
• Very strange too, to think that just because one is convinced that the Mecca orientation of the crescent is a coincidence, that somehow makes it okay to deny the Mecca orientation when speaking to the press and the public, as several Project spokesmen have now done. —  The Wide Awakes
• It is certain that the use of the crescent is anterior to the Mongol invasion, and was an old symbol in Byzantium, as appears from coins The pastoral staff of Russian bishops is tau-shaped; and there are many good old examples, a few in ivory, but for the most part in silver-gilt. —  Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
• The Astronef was falling at the rate of about a thousand miles a minute towards the centre of the half-crescent, and every moment the brilliant spots above the cloud-surface grew in size and brightness I believe the theory about the enormous height of the mountains of Venus must be correct after all," said Redgrave, tearing himself with an evident wrench away from his telescope. —  A Honeymoon in Space

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