CREST (2)

Crest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.] 1. 1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world. Shak. Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. Wordsworth. 2. 2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light. Spenser.