crest

(krĕst)

1. 1. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal.
   2. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers.
   3. A ridge or an appendage on a plant part, such as on a leaf or petal.
2. 1. A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.
   2. A helmet.
3. 1. Heraldry. A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
   2. A representation of such a device.
4. 1. The top, as of a hill or wave.
   2. The highest or culminating point; the peak: the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.
5. The ridge on a roof.

1. To decorate or furnish with a crest.
2. To reach the crest of: crested the ridge.

1. To form into a crest or crests: waves cresting over the seawall.
2. To reach a crest: The swollen river crested at 9 P.M.

[Middle English creste, from Old French, from Latin crista.]

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noun

1. The highest point: apex, cap, crown, height, peak, roof, summit, top, vertex. See high/low.
2. The highest point or state: acme, apex, apogee, climax, crown, culmination, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, zenith. Informal payoff. Medicine fastigium. See high/low.

verb

To reach or bring to a climax: cap, climax, crown, culminate, peak, top (off or out). See excite/bore/interest.

Definition: highest point
Antonyms: bottom, nadir

1. A finial.
2. An ornament of a roof, a roof screen, wall, or aedicula, generally rhythmic and highly decorative, and frequently perforated; cresting.

crest, 2

A narrow, usually prominent ridge of bone; a site of muscle attachment.

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(DOD, NATO) A terrain feature of such altitude that it restricts fire or observation in an area beyond, resulting in dead space, or limiting the minimum elevation, or both.

A ridge or appendage on petals, flower clusters, or leaves.

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1. a projecting structure or ridge, especially one surmounting a bone or its border.
2. a term describing the upper margin of the neck; root of the mane in a horse.
3. in canaries, a crown of long feathers on the head, all radiating out from a central point; inherited as a dominant trait.

• ampullary c. — linear thickenings of the walls of the ampullae of the semicircular canals.
• dental c. — the maxillary ridge passing along the alveolar processes of the fetal maxillary bones.
• epicondylar c. — ridges which extend from the epicondyles of the humerus to the shaft.
• ethmoid c. — located on the inside surface of the nasal bones of the pig and dog.
• external occipital c. — an extension of the external occipital protuberance to which the ligamentum nuchae is attached.
• facial c. — the prominent crest on the external aspect of the maxilla of horses stretching from beneath the orbit to the middle of the molar teeth. The masseter muscle is attached to its ventral surface.
• c. hair — see mane.
• iliac c. — the thickened cranial border of the ilium of dogs and cats.
• neck c. — the fatty, fibrous tissue above the nuchal ligament which gives the stallion's neck its characteristic elevated contour.
• neural c. — cords of nervous tissue which detaches from the developing spinal cord in the embryo; contribute tissue to the somatic and autonomic ganglia, and many other structures.
• nuchal c. — the thick, transverse crest on the occipital bone.
• palatine c. — a low transverse ridge on the palatine bones.
• petrosal c. — divides the cranial cavity into cerebellar and cerebral compartments.
• renal c. — the median ridge in the pelvis of many kidneys onto which papillary ducts open.
• reticular c's — the mucosal folds in the ruminant reticulum that form the cells of the honeycomb compartments of the walls.
• sacral c's — the median crest is the fused dorsal spines of the sacral vertebrae; the lateral sacral crest is the fused articular processes.
• sagittal c. — the ridge in the middle of the skull which extends forwards from the occipital protuberance; more pronounced in some species, breeds and individuals.
• trochanteric c. — a ridge which runs between the greater and lesser trochanters and forms the caudal wall of the trochanteric fossa.
• urethral c. — a longitudinal ridge in the roof of the pelvic urethra formed from two folds of urinary bladder mucosa which fuse after separate origins at the ureteric orifices.
• vestibular c. — divides the vestibule of the inner ear into the spherical and elliptical recesses.

A projecting ridge or structure.

• Hair Styles - crest: plumelike tuft of hair
• Animal Types and Parts - crest: comb or feathered tuft on head of animal, usu. bird
• Hills, Hollows, and Valleys - crest: highest ridge of mountain or hill
• Principles of Mechanics, Waves, and Measurement - crest: region of upward displacement in transverse wave
• Building and Machine Parts - crest: projecting ridge, top, or summit
• Seamanship and Port - crest: top of wave that curls over
• Roofs and Towers - crest: horizontal ridge of roof
• Ornaments - crest: plume on helmet; heraldic emblem
• Helmets, Headdresses, and Hairpieces - crest: feather plume worn on helmet
• Fixed Positions and Points - crest: highest point

The word crest is often mistakenly applied to a coat of arms. For further information see Heraldry. For Japanese usage, see mon (badge).

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Shield

Field

Supporter

Supporter

Motto (Scotland)

Crest

Torse

Mantling

Helm

Coronet

Compartment

Order

Ordinaries

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charges

Motto

Achievement elements

A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head.

The earliest heraldic crests were apparently painted on metal fans, and usually repeated the coat of arms painted on the shield, a practice which was later discontinued. Later they were sculpted of leather and other materials.

Originally, the crest was often "continued into the mantling", but today the crest normally stands within a wreath of cloth, called a torse, in the principal tinctures of the shield (the liveries). Various kinds of coronet may take the place of the torse, though in some unusual circumstances the coronet sits atop a torse, and is either defined as all or part of a crest.[1] The most frequent crest-coronet is a simplified form of a ducal coronet, with four leaves rather than eight. Towns often have a mural crown, i.e. a coronet in the form of embattled stone walls.

Objects frequently borne as crests include animals, especially lions, normally showing only the fore half; human figures, likewise often from the waist up; hands or arms holding weapons; bird's wings. In Germany and nearby countries, the crest often repeats the liveries in the form of a tall hat, a fan of plumes in alternating tinctures, or a pair of curving horns. The horns may have a hole in the tip to hold a cluster of plumes or flowers, and because of this have been imported to English heraldry at least once as elephant's trunks.

Crests are not normally borne by women, or clergy, at least not in the UK, because they did not participate in war or tournaments and thus would not have a helm on which to wear it. An exception is the reigning queens of England or Britain, whose armorial display is indistinguishable from that of kings.

Some armigers used their crest as a personal badge, leading to the erroneous use of the word "crest" to describe a shield or full coat of arms. Such badges are often used by members of Scottish clans. These Scottish crest badges can be used where clan members, who are not armigerous, wear a badge consisting of a clan chief's crest and motto/slogan encircled by a belt and buckle. These crest badges are often erroneously called "clan crests". Even though clan members may purchase and wear such badges, the crest and motto/slogan remain the heraldic property of the clan chief.

There is a widespread misconception, due in part to Victorian stationers' marketing of engraved letterheads, that a crest and a coat of arms belong to everyone with the same family name; but usage by persons not descended from the original grantee constitutes usurpation. Bogus "family crests" continue to be sold to the gullible by heraldic "bucket shops".

UK

Today, the crests of new Knights of the Garter and Bath are carved from lime wood by the Orders' official sculptor, Ian Brennan.^[1] These carved insignia are displayed above the knights' assigned choir stalls in the Orders' respective chapels: St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle (Garter) and the Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey (Bath).^[2]

Notes

1. ^ "Carver of the Month: Ian G. Brennan", Woodezine. Vol. II, No. VI. June 2004.
2. ^ Crests atop helmets in St George's Chapel

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - top, kam, fjerbusk, hjelmkam, bølgekam, bjergryg, våbenmærke, manke, benkam
v. tr. - nå toppen af, forsyne med kam, danne top på, krone
v. intr. - kamme op, danne skumtop

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    i det rette øjeblik

Nederlands (Dutch)
pluim, top, schuimkop, wapen (embleem), nok (dak), helmbos, neklijn, manen, hoogste punt bereiken, schuimkop vormen, voorzien van pluim/wapen/ helmteken

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Zool) crête, cimier, crête de casque, pointe, sommet, (Phys) crête, (Archit) crête, (Anat) arête (d'un os), timbre, écusson, armoiries
v. tr. - franchir la crête, franchir la crête de
v. intr. - (US) atteindre son niveau maximum

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    être en période de réussite

Deutsch (German)
n. - Federbusch, Haube, Kamm
v. - mit einem Wappen versehen

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    (ganz) oben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λοφίο, λειρί, κορυφή, στέψη, ακρολοφία, χαίτη αλόγου, λοφίο περικεφαλαίας, (αρχιτ.) κολοφώνας, στέψη, (γεωγρ.) κορυφογραμμή
v. - επιστέφω, φθάνω στην κορυφή

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    στην κορυφή κύματος, είμαι στην κορυφή (επαγγελματικά)

Italiano (Italian)
pennacchio, vetta, cresta

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    sulla cresta dell'onda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - crista (f), topo (m)
v. - atingir

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    na crista da onda

Русский (Russian)
хохолок, гребень, герб

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    на вершине успеха

Español (Spanish)
n. - cresta, penacho, cima, cumbre, crines
v. tr. - coronar, timbrar
v. intr. - alcanzar la cresta de

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    sentirse muy feliz y alegre, estar en la cresta de la ola

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kam (på tupp), tofs (på djurs huvud), hjälmbuske, hjälmprydnad, krön, bergskam, vågkam, övre kant, höjdpunkt (bildl.)
v. - förse/pryda m kam, bilda krönet på, nå toppen, bilda kammar (om vågor)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冠, 顶部, 饰毛, 加以顶饰, 到达绝顶

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    在最走运时候, 成功地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 冠, 頂部, 飾毛
v. tr. - 加以頂飾
v. intr. - 到達絕頂

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    在最走運時候, 成功地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 볏, (투구의) 깃 장식, 최고조
v. tr. - 꼭대기 장식을 하다
v. intr. - (파도가) 놀치다, 최고 수위에 달하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とさか, たてがみ, 羽根飾り, 紋章, 山頂, 波頭, 最高点, 峰

idioms:

• on the crest of a wave    好運の波に乗って

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قمه, أوج, ذروة, شارة, عرف الديك (فعل) وصل الى القمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כרבולת, ציצת-נוצות, סמל (של פירמה), פסגה, קו לאורך העורף של חיות מסויימות, בליטה לאורכה של עצם, רעמה‬
v. tr. - ‮הגיע לפסגה, שימש כסמל ל-‬
v. intr. - ‮התנשא (גל)‬

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