Encrust
[ɪn'krʌst;en-]
Definition
(verb.) form a crust or a hard layer.
(verb.) cover or coat with a crust.
(verb.) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).
Typist: Ora--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To incrust. See Incrust.
Editor: Matt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Coat, line, plaster, face
ANT:Expose, abrade, scrape
Editor: Nolan
Definition
v.t. to cover with a crust or hard coating: to form a crust on the surface of.—v.i. to form a crust.—n. Encrustā′tion act of encrusting: a crust or layer of anything: an inlaying of marble mosaic &c.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- About his neck hung the golden chain from which depended the diamond encrusted locket of his mother, the Lady Alice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Many harnesses were so encrusted with gold, platinum, silver and precious stones as to entirely hide the leather beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The constant vapour which this occasioned, had polished the rafters and beams of the low-browed hall, by encrusting them with a black varnish of soot. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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