cresting

[kres-ting]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Architecture.��a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
Furniture.��ornamentation either carved or sawed in the top rail of a piece or else added to it.
a system of ornamental ridges or flutes on a piece of plate armor.

cresting

/ ˈ��ɛ��ɪŋ /

an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
carpentry a shaped decorative toprail or horizontal carved ornament surmounting a chair, mirror, etc

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First recorded in 1865–70; crest + -ing ¹

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They currently have all 10 songs from “Arcadia” on the latter chart, with “Caramel” cresting at 34.

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Given the cresting age wave, the number is expected to roughly double in the next 35 years.

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In further clips, that small cloud gets darker and flames can later be seen cresting over the hilltop.

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When they smelled smoke, the men opened their eyes and saw flames cresting over the ridge of the mountain.

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Weather Service meteorologists had forecast waves cresting between 5 to 10 feet in Los Angeles and Orange counties for Christmas Day.

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