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

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