increst

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ crest.

Verb

increst (third-person singular simple present incrests, present participle incresting, simple past and past participle incrested)

1. (transitive) To adorn with a crest.
   • 1616, William Drummond of Hawthornden, “Song XIII”, in Poems: Amorous, Funerall, Divine, Pastorall: in Sonnets, Songs, Sextains:

     Two foaming billows flow'd upon her breast,
     Which did their tops with coral red increst

References

“increst”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cinters, cistern, cretins, crinets