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Meaning of in decrement | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B2

Definitions

Waning.

Examples

“It is an observation amongst Fishermen, that when the Moon is in her Decrement or Wane (as we commonly call it) these […]”

“[…] Crest - A fawn's head holding in its mouth a moon in its decrement and gorged with a wreath of pears slipped on the […]”

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

in dubio pro reo in fact in for a dime, in for a dollar in for a penny in for a penny, in for a pound in for an inch, in for a mile