4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in
1268; the second by René of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred
upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.
5. (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; —
often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
Crescent
(Cres"cent) a.
1. Shaped like a crescent.
Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
Milton.
2. Increasing; growing.
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
Tennyson.
Crescent
(Cres"cent), v. t.
1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] Anna Seward.
2. To adorn with crescents.
Crescentic
(Cres*cen"tic) a. Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.