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Increasing; growing. O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Tennyson.

Increasing; growing. [R.] Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. Shak.

A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Darwin. [Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. C. Pitt.

Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida c…

Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. Death . . . .crops the growing boys. Creech.

rior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.

Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana.

To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.

To contract or bend into curis or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground. Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. Shak.

ycloidei. Cycloid scale (Zoöl.), a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.

nvelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

To grow or darker.

To grow dark; to show indistinctly. Thackeray.

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. Matt. xxviii. 1.

ff, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.…

Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30.

Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.