Crescent v. World English Historical Dictionary

Crescent v. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Crescent v.

nonce-wd. [f. CRESCENT sb.]

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  1.  trans. To form into a crescent: see CRESCENTED.

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  2.  To border or surround crescent-wise.

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1804.  Anna Seward, Lett. (1811), VI. 195 (T.). A dark wood crescents more than half the lawn.

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