Increasing vs Crescentic - What's the difference?
increasing | crescentic |
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* 1864 , The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine (page 277)
growing, increasing, gaining size etc.
Crescent-shaped.
* 1972 , Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things , McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 25:
As a verb increasing
is .As a noun increasing
is (knitting) an increase.As an adjective crescentic is
growing, increasing, gaining size etc.increasing
English
Verb
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
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Noun
(en noun)- Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.
crescentic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Twin dimples of the crescentic type came down her tanned cheeks on the sides of her mournful mouth.