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Search phrase: crest

Plays

 20 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL IV.ii.15It was a crest ere thou wast born,It was a crest ere thou wast borne,
CoriolanusCor IV.v.218crest up again and the man in blood, they will out of theirCrest vp againe, and the man in blood, they will out of their
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.i.98The crest of youth against your dignity.The crest of Youth against your Dignity.
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iv.71And all the budding honours on thy crestAnd all the budding Honors on thy Crest,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vi.10When from the Dauphin's crest thy sword struck fire,When frõ the Dolphins Crest thy Sword struck fire,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.25That France must vail her lofty-plumed crestThat France must vale her lofty plumed Crest,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.202Now by my father's badge, old Nevil's crest,Now by my Fathers badge, old Neuils Crest,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.88And lay as thick upon my battered crestAnd laye as thicke vpon my battered crest,
King JohnKJ II.i.317There stuck no plume in any English crestThere stucke no plume in any English Crest,
King JohnKJ IV.iii.46The height, the crest, or crest unto the crest,The heighth, the Crest: or Crest vnto the Crest
King JohnKJ IV.iii.149Doth dogged war bristle his angry crestDoth dogged warre bristle his angry crest,
King JohnKJ V.iv.34Already smokes about the burning crestAlready smoakes about the burning Crest
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.254And beauty's crest becomes the heavens well.And beauties crest becomes the heauens well.
Measure for MeasureMM II.iv.17'Tis not the devil's crest – How now? Who's there?'Tis not the Deuills Crest: how now? who's there?
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.63Each fair instalment, coat, and several crest,Each faire Instalment, Coate, and seu'rall Crest,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.214Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.Due but to one and crowned with one crest.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.223What is your crest – a coxcomb?What is your Crest, a Coxcombe?
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.367Marcus, even thou hast struck upon my crest,Marcus, Euen thou hast stroke vpon my Crest,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.380His crest that prouder than blue Iris bends.His Crest, that prouder then blew Iris bends.
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.143On whose bright crest Fame with her loud'st oyesOn whose bright crest, fame with her lowd'st (O yes)

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Venus and AdonisVen.104 His battered shield, his uncontrolled crest, His battred shield, his vncontrolled crest,
Venus and AdonisVen.272 Upon his compassed crest now stand on end; Vpon his compast crest now stand on end,
Venus and AdonisVen.297 High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, High crest, short eares, straight legs, & passing strõg,
Venus and AdonisVen.395 Throwing the base thong from his bending crest, Throwing the base thong from his bending crest,

Glossary

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badgecrest, emblem
coxcombfool's cap [with a crest like a cock's crest]
crest[originally the plume of feathers on a] helmet, head-piece
crestheraldic device placed above the shield and helmet in a coat-of-arms
crest[on an animal head or neck] ridge of feathers, ridge of hairs; hackles
crest-fallenhumbled, abashed, shamed
crestlesslacking a heraldic crest
crest-woundingharming family honour
impresecrest, heraldic device, emblem
Plantagenet[pron: plan'tajinit] name of an English royal dynasty, which ruled from the accession of Henry II (1154) to the death of Richard III (1485); from Latin planta genista 'sprig of bloom', worn as a crest by Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, the father of Henry II, from whom the house is also called the Anjou or Angevin dynasty
undercrestbear [as if on a crest], live up to

Thesaurus

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bear [as if on a crest]undercrest
crestbadge
crestimprese
crest, lacking a heraldiccrestless

Themes and Topics

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Body-armour ...eneral term for all kinds of helmet crest kj ii i 317 helmet [originally the pl...
Clothing...v v 137 m fool's cap with a crest like a cock's...
...like a cock's crest porringer h8 v i...

Words Families

 7 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CRESTBASICcrest n, crest v
CRESTACTIONundercrest v
CRESTSTATEcrest-fallen adj, crest-wounding adj
CRESTNOTcrestless adj
UNDERCRESTBASICsee CREST

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