Obs. [ad. It. cresta (and pl. creste) ‘a disease … called the piles or hemorrhoides’ (Florio); a specific use of cresta tuft: see prec.] The disease called piles; also, corns.
1569. R. Androse, trans. Alexis’ Secr., IV. III. 46. Against the crestes of the piles in the fundiment.
1651. Surgions Direct., IX. 244. This kind of Tumor is called … Cornes in English; and I thought it good to call them Crest, because they are alwayes growing.
