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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

/ 藞办谤蓻蝉迟瑟艐 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cresting1

First recorded in 1865鈥70; crest + -ing 1
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Given the cresting age wave, the number is expected to roughly double in the next 35 years.

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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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鈥淚 think we鈥檙e cresting out of the moment of film needing to be a harsh slice of reality, and I love that,鈥 Antonoff continues.

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