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Encrust

//ɪŋˈkɹʌst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with a hard crust. transitive

    "iron encrusted with rust"

  2. 2
    form a crust or a hard layer wordnet
  3. 3
    To form a crust. intransitive
  4. 4
    cover or coat with a crust wordnet
  5. 5
    To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object. transitive

    "The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems."

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  1. 6
    decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) wordnet

Etymology

From French incruster, from Latin incrustare, from in- (“in”) + crustare (“to cover with a crust”). By surface analysis, en- + crust.

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