Loricated

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

  Loricate \Lor"i*cate\ (l[o^]r"[i^]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Loricated} (l[o^]r"[i^]*k[=a]t`[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Loricating} (l[o^]r"[i^]*k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. loricatus, p.
     p. of loricare to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering,
     fr. lorica a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong.]
     To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute[1], a


     crust, coating, or plates.
     [1913 Webster]