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Pertaining to the shin bone. Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.

-- Cock of the rock (Zoöl.), a South American bird (Rupicola aurantia) having a beautiful crest. -- Cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. -- Cock of the woods. See Capercailzie.

y Cacatuinæ, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of A…

(Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.

Without a comb or crest; as, a combless ceck.

The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra

Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. Wiseman.

Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.

Crested.

To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other.

h, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton. With surpassing glory crowned. Milton.

Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.

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.]

Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. Fairholt.

To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.

r a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.

A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]

Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.