Word: crested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the G. O. P. splitting on Prohibition, with the crest of a Wet groundswell growing weekly higher and more apparent, the U. S. Drys, Consolidated, last week girded themselves for two years of action more militant than ever...
...Liberal Club and the Socialist Club have attempted to arouse interest in discussion of political and social events, but their hard-working efforts have not been able to stir the molasses of an indifferent community. Perhaps, with their fathers riding on the crest of the stock market, the sons have considered as settled all economic problems...
...Wolverines, undefeated and having only one tie to mar their record, and leading the Western Conference race along with Northwestern come riding on the crest of a wave. A stirring 14 to 12 victory over the Crimson last year gives them confidence and smashing triumphs over Purdue, Ohio State, and Illinois this year have shown that they possess tremendous power...
Gules three stags caboched or, Crest: at the top of a tower argent, an arm and hand vested gules, cuffed argent, holding a tilting spear sable, pointing dexter." To decipher 'one might explain that "gules" means red, "vested" designates wearing, "sable" black, "caboched" showing the full face but nothing of the neck, and "dexter" right...
...Boston Mrs. Doran and Mr. Cooke met Edward F. Cloran, ingenuous art dealer of No. 137 Stuart Street. They told him of a complete service of 232 pieces of Lowestoft china painted with the crest of New York State, which had been in the Van Rensselaer family for generations and which a poor relation was forced to sell-"privately, of course." Despite the fact that services of armorial Lowestoft of that size are as rare as fragments of the True Cross, Dealer Cloran believed. He in turn interested Clinton I. Nash, Boston dealer, who bought the service for the price...