increst
English
Etymology
in- + crest
Verb
increst (third-person singular simple present incrests, present participle incresting, simple past and past participle incrested)
- (transitive) To adorn with a crest.
- 1616, William Drummond of Hawthornden, "Song XIII", in Poems: Amorous, Funerall, Divine, Pastorall: in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains
- Two foaming billows flow'd upon her breast,
Which did their tops with coral red increst
- Two foaming billows flow'd upon her breast,
- 1616, William Drummond of Hawthornden, "Song XIII", in Poems: Amorous, Funerall, Divine, Pastorall: in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains
References
increst in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- cinters, cistern, cretins, crinets