encrust

[ en-kruhst ]

/ ɛnˈkrʌst /

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verb (used with or without object)

Nearby words

encouragement, encrimson, encrinite, encroach, encroachment, encrust, encrustation, encrypt, encryption, enculturate, enculturation

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Examples from the Web for encrust

In spite of daily care, very hard water will encrust the china.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
They constitute the greater number by far of the hard minerals which encrust the terrestrial globe.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Some marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime not only encrust rocks but give rise to sheets of submarine limestone.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various
You think this, and are ready to encrust yourself with what is conventional and practical.
The Kempton-Wace Letters|Jack London

Poetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor

British Dictionary definitions for encrust

encrust

incrust

/ (ɪnˈkrʌst) /

verb

(tr) to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating

to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating

(tr) to decorate lavishly, as with jewels

Derived Forms

encrustation or incrustation, noun

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