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[edit]- (heraldry, of a moon) Waxing.
- 1900, American Journal of Numismatics, page 22:
- ... dexter, per fess on a chief azure, the moon in increment argent; in base, gules, a bear passant proper; sinister, the national eagle displayed, with the radiant All-seeing eye above, but no tinctures are indicated.
- 1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:
- [...] between fesswise a crescent moon in her increment and one in her decrement argent.