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crescent
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crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks. The crescent surmounted by a cross indicates the origin of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The crescent appears on the flags of various present-day Muslim nations. The emblem is also used in blazonry.
crescent
1. the biconcave shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
2. Chiefly Brit a crescent-shaped street, often lined with houses of the same style
3. 
a. the emblem of Islam or Turkey
b. Islamic or Turkish power
crescent
A building or series of buildings whose façades follow a concave arc of a circle or ellipse in plan.
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) 0901 564 3703 The quarter Moon suggests that being too earnest about the things you want to achieve will tend to make them ever more elusive.
Your Stars by Birmingham Mail (England)
For those of you who will understand this, there was recently a quarter moon in the morning with two stars within the crescent.
A call for mass prayer by Hammer, Grace Smith Yellow / Wind Speaker
After the full-sister to Quarter Moon had quickened clear for a four-length win in the nine-furlong Listed event for two-year-olds, Aidan O'Brien, who trains the filly for owners Sue Magnier and Roisin Henry, said: "It's taken time to get her to behave but she has really come good and should be an Oaks filly for next year.
Leopardstown: Silk-smooth Yesterday is sheer delight by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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