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cresting

[ kres-ting ]

noun

  1. Architecture. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
  2. Furniture. ornamentation either carved or sawed in the top rail of a piece or else added to it.
  3. a system of ornamental ridges or flutes on a piece of plate armor.


cresting

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
  2. carpentry a shaped decorative toprail or horizontal carved ornament surmounting a chair, mirror, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cresting1

First recorded in 1865–70; crest + -ing 1
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In further clips, that small cloud gets darker and flames can later be seen cresting over the hilltop.

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When they smelled smoke, the men opened their eyes and saw flames cresting over the ridge of the mountain.

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Weather Service meteorologists had forecast waves cresting between 5 to 10 feet in Los Angeles and Orange counties for Christmas Day.

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“I think we’re cresting out of the moment of film needing to be a harsh slice of reality, and I love that,” Antonoff continues.

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That claim is largely true, and it has been for years, even as millions more retirees are on the road because of the cresting boomer wave.

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