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• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

CREST (See also:

• LAT

Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)  , the " See also:

• COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb " on an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, and so any feathery tuft or excrescence, the " See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone " of a See also:

• HELMET (from an obsolete diminutive of O. Fr. helme, mod. heaume; the English word is " helm," as in O. Eng., Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf. Lat. celare, to hide, Eng. " hell," &c.)

helmet (by transference, the helmet itself), and the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top or See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of anything . In See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry (q.v.) a See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest is a See also:

• DEVICE

device, originally See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne as a See also:

• COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)

cognizance on a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight's helmet, placed on a See also:

• WREATH (O. Eng. wry, from wriian, to twist)

wreath above helmet and See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield in armorial See also:

• BEARINGS

bearings, and used separately on a See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal or on articles of See also:

• PROPERTY

property . Cresting, in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, is an ornamental finish in the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall or See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of a See also:

• BUILDING

building, which is See also:

• COMMON

common on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . An example occurs at See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, the ridge of which is ornamented with a range of small fleurs-de-lis in See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead .