incrust
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
- incrustant noun
- incrustation noun
Example Sentences
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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
The water climbs above the altar-tops, sapping, in its recession, the cement of the fine marbles which incrust the columns, so that about their bases the pieces have to be continually renewed.
From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean
Fuses with the evolution of dense white fumes, which incrust the surface of the charcoal.
"True," said Mohi, "they absorb the oil of the smoke, instead of allowing it offensively to incrust."
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
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
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