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A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an 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.
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
puhekieltä: A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
The ridge or top of a wave.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.File:Cavalieredicasata.JPG thumb|120px|right|A helmet with a crest.
The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
The top line of a slope or embankment.
A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
{{quote-book|year=1897|author=w:Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill
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Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
Shakespeare
- His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.
Wordsworth
- groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow
To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
Spenser
- Like as the shining sky in summer's night, (..) / Is crested with lines of fiery light.
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