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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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Crescentic perialar incisions may be used to decrease the tissue irregularities that occur at the nose. The University of Maryland group is all the more unusual for the way the attendants are attached: they occupy their own crescentic bases, each fitting against the curved sides of the main figure's base, with the resultant nailed join masked by a thick layer of black substance, perhaps bitumen-based. Basilar crescentic ostestomy: a three-dimensional computer simulation. |
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