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One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Darwin. [Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. C. Pitt.

Having a crest. But laced crested helm. Dryden.

With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed. Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shak.

An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.

To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping. [Southwestern U. S.]

To clear of forests; to dis U. S. Agric. Reports.

To disparage. [Obs.]

A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] Gauden.

genus of coleopterous insects, the larvæ of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes. The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

A kind of painting. See Distemper.

Destiny. [Obs.] Marston.

Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer.

In a destinable manner.

Determined by destiny; fated. [Obs.] "The order destinal." Chaucer.

Destined. [Obs.] "Destinate to hell." Foxe.