Incrusted

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incrust \In*crust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incrusted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Incrusting}.] [L. incrustare; pref. in- in + crustare
     to cover with a crust: cf. F. incruster. See {Crust}.]
     [Written also {encrust}.]
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     1. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a


        crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a
        vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with
        sugar.
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              And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow,
              Incrusted hard.                       --Thomson.
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     2. (Fine Arts) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other
        ornamental object.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "incrusted":
     backed, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, crusted,
     crusty, crystallized, fossilized, granulated, hardened, hornified,
     indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified, reinforced,
     rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled, stiffened,
     strengthened, toughened, vitrified