incrust
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Fuses with the evolution of dense white fumes, which incrust the surface of the charcoal.
In so many arid forms which States incrust themselves with, once in a century, if so often, a poetic act and record occur.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
Save but our army! and let Jove incrust Swords, pikes, and guns, with everlasting rust!
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George
It's just the same principle as those lime springs that incrust things with lime.
From Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Lorimer, George Horace
The waters of some springs are impregnated with sparry particles, which adhering to the herbage, or the clay, on the banks of their channel, harden into stone, and incrust the original retainers.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
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