Crests were used to identify both the owners of buildings and the professions that were practiced within buildings. A coat of arms, family crest, or city crest can be found on a building either within a pediment, under a bracket or on a wall.

Alpha Chi Omega's coat of arms is crested by the lyre bird; it alone is considered the crest.

A three-dimensional device set upon a wreath, chapeau or coronet, and mounted upon a helmet, normally displayed above the shield but sometimes alone (and without the helmet)

A generic term for the ornaments mounted on helmets.

The part of an ACHIEVEMENT OF ARMS appearing above the SHIELD, often on a helmet and torse. The word should not be used to refer to the complete ACHIEVEMENT OF ARMS. The Royal Crest is an imperially crowned lion standing on a crown. The Canadian Crest is an imperially crowned lion holding a red maple leaf in its upraised right paw.

(heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

a device worn on top of a helmet

an ornament or device attached to a helmet or coronet and pictured above the shield in a coat-of-arms

a three-dimensional device affixed to a helmet and is so depicted in the arms of male members of a family

A cloth emblem representative of an event, place, or person.

Insignia used by sorority and fraternity members. Most Greek organizations reserve the crest for initiated members only. Each crest has hidden, secret meanings behind it. Also known as a coat or arms or shield.

a term often wrongly used, it is the device which sits on top of the coronet.

The design at the top of the coat-of-arms, above the shield.

A family emblem or royal insignia which appeared above a coat of arms in medieval times.

the boiled leather symbol of each knight attached to his helmet to identify him in pageants. This symbol can also be found at the top of the Coat of Arms.

A component of a coat-of-arms. It is a figure portrayed atop the helmet placed above the shield. Traditionally, the crest has been used only by males, although notable exceptions were the queens of England and Britain. They have been treated heraldically as men. It is also not to be associated with “family crest”.

The London Stock Exchange's computerised share trading system.

The UK computerised settlement system operated by CRESTCo Limited which facilitates the transfer of title to shares in uncertificated form.

A settlement system that allows you to hold share certificates in an electronic form.

The U.K. clearing and settlement organization. Allied with SIS. Web address: http://www.crestco.co.uk

The electronic system for settling share transactions, introduced in July 1997 by the London Stock Exchange, under which paper share certificates are no longer needed.

The system introduced in July 1996 by the securities industry through which transactions in securities are 'settled' (i.e. :concluded) by the payment of cash or by the delivery of securities against payment.

The UK system for the paperless settlement of trades in securities. It avoids the need for investors to hold share certificates, which when sold delay settlement.

Crest is the electronic share settlement system. With a Crest Personal Account your name stays on Companies' share registers, but the share are held electronically to your broker's order. In consequence, you do not deliver certificates and signtransfers when you sell shares as your borker will automatically deliver them to the market.

The system introduced in July 1996 for the electronic transfer of shares and cash to settle a transaction. CREST is now part of Euroclear PLC

CRESTCo, London, is the central securities depository for the UK market and Irish equities. It provides realtime settlement for a wide range of corporate and government securities, including those traded on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges and virt-x. CRESTCo and SIS SegaInterSettle ag have formed a strategic cooperation: TSN – The Settlement Network. CREST, operational since 1996, is the realtime settlement system for British, Irish and international equities and government bonds.

A computerised system that enables the automated dealing of shares.

The settlement system for UK shares. The shares are traded in electronic form.

A system designed by the Bank of England for settlement of market transactions among broker-dealers and market-makers in corporate securities involving the minimum of paper flow

The centralised and paperless share settlement system by which trades executed can be settled

The London Stock Exchange's paperless share settlement system.

The electronic settlement system used by stockbroking firms since July 1996 and run by CRESTCo. It allows the transfer of shares for CREST eligible securities between CREST members and the ability to deliver payments against the movement of shares on the day of settlement. The register is then automatically updated accordingly.

Electronic stock clearing and settlement system in the UK.

CREST is an electronic system for settling the sale and purchase of shares. Membership is voluntary and is typically used by institutions and by individual investors who have a large portfolio or who buy and sell shares frequently. It enables shareholders to hold and transfer their shareholdings in electronic form rather than on paper. Because CREST is voluntary, shareholders who wish to retain their certificates can do so. There are costs associated with holding shares through CREST. For further information on the basic principles of CREST please write to: CRESTCo Limited Trinity Tower 9 Thomas More Street London E1 9YN England

The paperless share settlement system through which trades executed on the Exchange's markets can be settled. CREST is operated by CRESTCo, and was introduced in 1996. See Settlement.

An electronic settlement system for UK and Irish securities.

The new 'paperless' electronic system for settling share transactions, introduced in July 1996.

CRESTCo's The share dealing settlement system which can settle in dematerialised or certificated form. Introduced in July 1996.

Is a new electronic near-paperless settlement system. It has been introduced to speed up the time it takes to settle purchases and sales of shares. Under the old settlement system, cheques must be paid or received five working days after the trade takes place. Once CREST is fully operational it is proposed that this process will shorten to three days and bring the UK more in line with the other world stockmarkets.

The UK electronic settlement system that was introduced by CRESTCo in July 1996.

An electronic system which records share transactions. CREST provides details of who owns shares without the need for a share certificate (which is particularly useful for those people who deal often in large numbers of shares). CREST replaced the Talisman system in 1997.

The new paperless share settlement system, introduced by CRESTCo in 1996.

The UK settlement system for shares, Gilts, money market securities, ADRs and mutual funds. Institutions may be sponsored members of CREST or settle using broker nominee accounts.

Crest is a brand of toothpaste made by Procter & Gamble which is now on the market in many countries, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France; in other countries, such as Germany, it is sold as Blend-A-Med. It was first introduced in 1955, as the first toothpaste to use fluoride as an active ingredient. At first it used stannous fluoride, marketed as "Fluoristan," although this was changed in the early 1980s to sodium monofluorophosphate, or "Fluoristat."

CREST (although written as an acronym it does not stand for anything) is the Central Securities Depository for the U.K., Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey equities and UK gilts. It operates a settlement system, allowing trades that have been agreed to be settled.

To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.

Crête Kamm, m Cresta On the falls of an iris, a ridge most commonly orange or yellow in color.

Heraldic element that surmounts a coat-of-arms.

Arched area near the top of the neck.

an elevated ridge on a surface, such as the ridges on a flower petal

the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"

The top of a ridge or arête

a raised, axial ridge on the last whorl behind (and parallelling) the outer lip, typically set off from the outer lip by a constriction; present in some Pupillidae and Polygyridae

A ridge of skin or spikes that usually is found on the neck, back and, or tail.

the very top of a ridge or arete.

projecting ridge, top, or summit.

A small ridge.

The arched portion of the back of the neck

a projecting ridge, especially one which on a bone

The summit of a standing wave.

the arch on the top of the neck in some breeds

The upper, arched portion of the neck.

Along the top of the horse's neck where the mane grows

The peak of a ridge.

A decorative ridge of skin or spikes that may occur on the neck, back and/or tail.

decorative hereditary symbol or device placed upon the helm in a coat of arms.

a growth on an animal's head

The bunch of feathers on the head of some breeds.

Tuft on the head.

The identification stripes just below the feathers.

A toothed, fringed, hairy adornment, or callus growth on the lip of some orchid flowers.

A tuft of elongated feathers on the crown.

Feathers adorning the top of the head as associated with peafowl, Impeyan, Edwards, Kalij, Silver Pheasants, etc.

A puff of feathers on the heads of breeds such, as Houdan, Silkie, or Polish; also called a "topknot."

The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and dinosaur species on their heads. Fleshy crests are called cockscombs (q.v.); this article discusses feather crests.

Highest elevation, uppermost level or height of.

The highest point in a propagating or standing wave. See high water and tidal wave.

A region of upward displacement in a transverse wave.

for a wave, the portion that is displaced above the still water line; often used to refer to the highest point of the wave (or other topograpic feature) only

the highest point of a wave.

The highest point on a wave.

The highest point of a flood or the measurement of a river or stream at any given point.

The highest part, as the highest part of a dam. [Lat. crista, a crest.

The highest water level at a given location during a flood event. Normally the crest will move downstream over time.

The top of a wave.

The crest of a wave is its highest point.

The highest point on the wave above the still-water line.

The highest point of a hill or mountain range. That line on a range of hills or mountains from which the ground slopes down in opposite directions.

(1) Peak of a wave or a flood.  (2) Top  of  a  levee,  dam,  weir,  spillway  or  other  water barrier or control.

The top of the wave.

The uppermost section of the wave.

The peak of the positive alternation (maximum value above the line) of a wave.

The points of maximum displacement along a wave. In traveling waves, the crests move in the direction of propagation of the wave. The crests of standing waves, also called anti-nodes, remain in one place.

A crest is the point on a wave with the greatest positive value or upward displacement in a cycle. A trough is the opposite of a crest.

The top of a dam.

The decorative top feature found on many frames. Diamond Dust That phenomena that sometimes occurs when mercury backed mirrors begin to break down appearing as if diamond dust were blown on the mirror. Faux Bois French for "false or fake wood"--a painting technique used to simulate a wood finish.

That surface of the thread which joins the flanks of the thread and is farthest frdm the cylinder or cone from which the thread projects.

The top of the waterfall. More specifically, the top edge from which water falls. Also referred to as the Brink.

A crest is a formation on the top of a reptiles head. An example of a reptile with a crest is a mountain horned dragon or a basilisk.

The top of a thread.

See Superior Slope.