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cristare [CL] 1 (p. ppl): a crested or maned. b tufted. c helmeted. a cristatusque volans Hwætberht Aen. 42 (Draco) 3; upupa pulcra, varietate colorum distincta et eximie ~ata O. Cheriton Fab. 41; 1245 pannus ‥ sericus ‥ cum ‥ binis leonibus ~atis in rotis Invent. S. Paul. 493; cristatos porcos, furiosos, demone plenos, / postea percepi Gower VC I 301.  b laurus cristata rubis Hanv. IV 23 p. 293.  c [Superbia] cristata caput quassat Aldh. VirgV 2707 (cf. ib. 2858: mascarum facies cristata); ~atus, galeatus GlC C 918; 9‥ ~ata, gehelmad WW. 2 (arch.) to crest, cope (wall, room or sim.). 1224 muri minoris ballii ‥ remaneant sine kernellis, quos liceat ‥ Willelmo ‥ crestare et infra illos mansiones sibi construere, si voluerit Cl 632a; 1259 pro cc ross’ ad crestandum murum terreum ante cameram forinsecam Ac. Build. Hen. III 374; 1260 cameram forinsecam in alta turri stramine discooperiri et cooperiri scindulis ‥ coquine [discooperte] et plumbo crestari; ‥ tresenciam inter capellam nostram et gradum camere nostre plumbo crestari Liberate 36 m. 8d.; 1300 in stipendio j hominis ‥ ~antis ‥ aulam et cameras de rosello tectas KR Ac 479/16 m. 1 (cf. ib.: in ‥ stabulo de luto crestando); 1308 cum ‥ grangia per loca cooperienda et crestenda MinAc 1079/18 m. 12; 1380 in eisdem [perticatis muri] coperiendis et ~andis cum stramine et sparr’ Cant. Coll. Ox. II 127; c1400 pro ‥ bercaria cum solo crestanda (Foulness) MinAc Essex; [J. abbas, ob. 1401] crestam majoris porte monasterii de lapide ‥ fragili ‥ deposuit et crestam de duro lapide de Kancia satis durabili crestavit G. S. Alb. III 447.

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