† crestyadj.
Obsolete.
Of the nature of or affected with piles.
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cresty1569
haemorrhoidal1646
mariscal1822
mariscous1857
ficous1884
1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes ii. 13 Against the Hemerodes and crestie swellings of the fundiment.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Crestoso, crestie, full of the piles or hemorrhoides.
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