Welcome to Cheraw! Come experience one of South Carolina's oldest and most picturesque inland towns. Named for the Cheraw Indians, whose main town was nearby, Cheraw began as a small trading post at the head of navigation on the Great Pee Dee River. Joseph and Eli Kershaw were granted a part of what is now Cheraw in 1768, and shortly thereafter laid out the present wide streets and town green.
Definition of 'crescent'. crescent (kresÉnt , krez-) A crescent is a curved shape that is wider in the middle than at its ends, like the shape of the moon during its first and last quarters. It is the most important symbol of the Islamic faith. A glittering Islamic crescent tops the mosque. ...a narrow crescent of sand dunes. ...a crescent moon.
1. equator-an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres. great circle-a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center.. the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis and everywhere equidistant from the poles. 2. the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. 3. a circle separating a surface into two congruent parts. 4. celestial equator.