Dictionary Entry

crested

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈkɹɛstɪd/Used In Literature ↓

Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.

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Common Phrases

butte crestedwaves crestedgrebe crestedwheatgrass crestedflycatcher crested. crestedcrested great

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Poetry examples for “crested”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The smiling infant in his hand shall take
The crested basilisk and speckled snake,
Pleased, the green lustre of the scales survey,

Here that rings forth heaven.
If the golden-crested wren
Were a nightingale---why, then,

It wafts the timid soul along
On crested waves of melodies.

And wingèd panels fluttering back,
Triumphant, o’er the crested palls,
Of her grand family funerals—

The spears of crimson-suited war,
The long white-crested waves of fight,
And all the deadly fires which are

The spears of crimson-suited war,
The long white-crested waves of fight,
And all the deadly fires which are

And Memnôn’s manhood was untimely spent;
It was for thee gold-crested Hector tried
With Thetis’ child that evil race to run,

Quoth a Muezzin unto Crested
Chanticleer—"Oh Voice of Morning,

From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears!"
Such were the sounds that o'er the crested pride
Of the first Edward scatter'd wild dismay, 10

"The crested cock, whose clarion sounds
The silent hours;"