encrust
[verb]
Synonyms: cake, crust, incrustate, rime

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encrust verb. [ɪn'krʌst, ɛn-] Also (earlier) incrust [ɪn-]. E17.
[French incruster from Latin incrustare, formed as IN-² + crusta CRUST noun.]
1. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) form into a crust; (cause to) deposit a crust on. E17.

2. verb trans. Ornament or decorate (a surface) with an overlay of precious material. M17.
■ Gibbon The outside of the edifice was encrusted with marble.

3. verb trans. Cover with a crust or solid coating; form a crust or coating on. L17.
■ P. Lively Rose pink rock encrusted with a greyish green lichen.

4. verb trans. Enclose as in a crust. rare. E18.

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