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Legend had encrusted "Old Mac's" career; few knew the man himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next Munch ditched the literary symbolism of the '90s which had encrusted his early works.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ursus had cultivated in him feats of dexterity, and had encrusted him as much as possible with all he himself possessed of science and wisdom.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

So great was the age of this strange obelisk that the lichens had encrusted it to the top.

From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Grant, Robert

Indeed, if it had not wholly changed his real self, it had encrusted him with that hardness and roughness of exterior which he turned instinctively to the world.

From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.