encrust
[en-kruhst]
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Contemporary Examples
Even the most successful elections later this year cannot possibly scrub away decades of encrusted corruption and inaction.
They are there, they sit there, these canvases by Cy Twombly that seem to be encrusted in the bricks of the walls.
Historical Examples
He will go into a palace, where all the furniture will be of gold, encrusted in diamonds.
The DreamEmile Zola
Their dresses are superb; their arms and trappings are encrusted with gold and gems.
At Aboukir and AcreGeorge Alfred Henty
Sometimes a painted or encrusted skirting on interior walls.
Carpentry for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
The dust which encrusted the furniture and the floor had not been disturbed for months.
The Shrieking PitArthur J. Rees
The interior walls were encrusted with monuments of every age and style.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.Washington Irving
encrust
incrust
- (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
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encrust
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