cresting
脊飾
Crest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.]
1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm
Crested the world. --Shak.
Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. --Wordsworth.
2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . .
Is crested with lines of fiery light. --Spenser.
Crest·ing, n. Arch. An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
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