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CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 414 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CREST (See also:Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)  , the " See also:comb " on an See also:animal's See also:head, and so any feathery tuft or excrescence, the " See also:cone " of a See also:helmet (by transference, the helmet itself), and the See also:top or See also:summit of anything . In See also:heraldry (q.v.) a See also:crest is a See also:device, originally See also:borne as a See also:cognizance on a See also:knight's helmet, placed on a See also:wreath above helmet and See also:shield in armorial See also:bearings, and used separately on a See also:seal or on articles of See also:property . Cresting, in See also:architecture, is an ornamental finish in the See also:wall or See also:ridge of a See also:building, which is See also:common on the See also:continent of See also:Europe . An example occurs at See also:Exeter See also:cathedral, the ridge of which is ornamented with a range of small fleurs-de-lis in See also:lead .

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