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Same as Clearstory.

To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.

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

To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone.

To disafforest. Fuller.

The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.

Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.

of Dress.

To turn into a forest.

superl. of Fer. Chaucer.

A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.