encrustation
Americannoun
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an encrusting or being encrusted.
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a crust or coat of anything on the surface of a body; covering, coating, or scale.
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the inlaying or addition of enriching materials on or to a surface or an object.
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the enriching materials inlaid on or added to a surface or an object.
Etymology
Origin of encrustation
First recorded in 1650–60 for incrustation, later for encrustation, encrust + -ation
Example Sentences
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Spotting the vases, he chipped the encrustation off one of them and was convinced what he was holding in his hands was celadon, an extremely valuable East Asian stoneware characterized by its beautiful blue-green glaze.
From Literature
Mostly, Hynes called him O’Casey, but a few times she called him Sean, and the warmth of that familiarity melted away any sepia encrustation that has accumulated around his name.
From New York Times
“The only way is to work precisely with special magnifying glasses, removing all the small encrustations one by one,” she said.
From Seattle Times
On most of these canvases it’s like a thick encrustation of gunk.
From Washington Post
“Fall River Boiler,” a black-and-white image that he photographed in 1978 and printed a decade or so later, is a nocturne of texture and tone: feathery asbestos, gloppy encrustations, circular black holes.
From New York Times
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