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adj. - (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume; (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; Bearing an heraldic device.

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  • Golden crested
  • Verb (used without object) : Interest in the project has crested
  • Here the current, flowing deep and strong, is met by the wind and runs high in crested waves.
  • The next equestrian figure (IV) shows the fluted, or as it was called crested, armour, of about 1500.
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