encrust

[en-kruhst]

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verb (used with or without object)

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Related Words for encrusted

stuffed, coated, stuff, cover, fill, sully, smear, blacken, smudge, faced, sheathed, brushed, wadded, quilt, overlay, wad, bush, face, reinforce, sheath

Examples from the Web for encrusted

Contemporary Examples of encrusted

Even the most successful elections later this year cannot possibly scrub away decades of encrusted corruption and inaction.
Egypt's Leaderless Revolution
Anne-Marie Slaughter
February 14, 2011
They are there, they sit there, these canvases by Cy Twombly that seem to be encrusted in the bricks of the walls.
Treasures From the Pinault Collection
Bernard-Henri Lévy
June 12, 2009

Historical Examples of encrusted

He will go into a palace, where all the furniture will be of gold, encrusted in diamonds.
The Dream
Emile Zola
Their dresses are superb; their arms and trappings are encrusted with gold and gems.
At Aboukir and Acre
George Alfred Henty
Sometimes a painted or encrusted skirting on interior walls.
Carpentry for Boys
J. S. Zerbe
The dust which encrusted the furniture and the floor had not been disturbed for months.
The Shrieking Pit
Arthur J. Rees
The interior walls were encrusted with monuments of every age and style.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Washington Irving

British Dictionary definitions for encrusted

encrust

incrust

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 Formsencrustation or incrustation, noun

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Word Origin and History for encrusted

encrust

1640s, from French incruster, from Latin incrustare "to cover with crust," from in- (see in- (2)) + crusta (see crust). Related: Encrusted; encrusting.