Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adorned with a crescent; in heraldry, decorated with crescents at the ends. said of any bearing that may receive them, as a cross or saltier.
- Bent like or into a crescent.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
crescent .
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Examples
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They were telling me about the shrine, the district, a kanji, when the narrow street became an open area, and a small group of people was crescented back from a big black car.
A Geisha and a Feminist Walk into a Bar Bardiac 2008
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They were telling me about the shrine, the district, a kanji, when the narrow street became an open area, and a small group of people was crescented back from a big black car.
Archive 2008-01-01 Bardiac 2008
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At first all I could note were the eyes, clear as rain-washed April skies, crystal clear as some secret spring sacred to crescented Diana.
The Metal Monster 2004
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Mr. Bedwell obtained a shield from one of them, of a crescented shape, and painted with black stripes; it was made from the wood of the
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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That gash of color became almost clown-like as it crescented upward with its wayward mirth.
Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912
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The Ambler turned his black, wild eye, crescented with white, threw up his head, and gazed far into the distance.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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The Ambler turned his black, wild eye, crescented with white, threw up his head, and gazed far into the distance.
The Country House John Galsworthy 1900
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She was his foam-born Goddess of those leaping waters; differently hued, crescented, a different influence.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Goddess of those leaping waters; differently hued, crescented, a different influence.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The belt-plate and crescented sword scabbard were aflame with brilliants on blue enamelling.
The Prince of India — Volume 01 Lewis Wallace 1866
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