单词 | crestless |
释义 | crestlessadj. 1. Without a crest; not bearing a crest. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] > untitled or not invested with dignity coatless1586 unknighted1596 undubbed1602 crestlessa1616 unraiseda1616 unlorded1641 unadditioneda1661 untitled1798 uncoroneted1817 unscutcheoned1827 unennobled1830 undiademed1846 titleless1881 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 85 Spring Crestlesse Yeomen from so deepe a Root? View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 25 Like the crestless churls of England. 1891 Standard 14 May 5/2 Armless, and crestless, and mottoless. 2. gen. Without a tuft, top, ridge, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest > not uncrested1655 untufted1872 crestless1889 the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > having (a) top(s) > not topless1596 uncrested1611 turbanless1840 crestless1889 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger i. ii. 33 It welled, rose-deeply;..crestless, flinging no intoxicating spume. 1908 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 7/2 Great shiny blue crestless jays flitted over the scrub. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.a1616 |
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