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He will encase his elegant legs in the breeches of the King's own Lancers, the swank Vittorio Emanuele II Regiment, and spend his time galloping back and forth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here it will grind to powder, there it will encase and preserve.

From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

If we have healthy chests, we will encase ourselves in flannel; but if we happen to have chest complaint, we will use nothing of the sort.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by