Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
in decrement en · X
Meanings
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(of a moon) Waning.
LUKIN -2- A : Argent, on a bendlet thrice embattled gules, masoned sable, three crescent moons in their decrement in bend Or. […] […] between fesswise a crescent moon in her increment and one in her decrement argent.
1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:It is an observation amongst Fishermen, that when the Moon is in her Decrement or Wane (as we commonly call it) these […]
1664, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 238:[…] Crest - A fawn's head holding in its mouth a moon in its decrement and gorged with a wreath of pears slipped on the […]
1921, Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain, page 750:
Antonyms
in increment
Coordinates
decrescent · crescent · increscent