incasement
- a variation of encasement.
- a word derived from incase.
Example Sentences
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The division first mentioned is in better condition than the second, the marble incasement having protected the softer stone against the action of the elements.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
The years have put iron into his soul and strength into his judgments, and the sweetness has become only the pleasing incasement of the strong medicine which our social and political life so often needs.
From A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 by Lehman, Edwin Partridge
This was called the incasement theory and it was held to be correct by naturalists for nearly a century.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
It does not follow that he was a “spermist,” since he strongly argued against the incasement or “evolution” theory of Bonnet.
From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
