encrust
Verb
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Verb
encrust (encrusts, present participle encrusting; past and past participle encrusted)
- (transitive) To cover with a hard crust.
- iron encrusted with rust
- a doughnut encrusted with sugar
- And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, / Incrusted hard.
- (intransitive) To form a crust.
- (transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
- The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems.
- French: encroûter, encrouter
- German: überkrusten, verkrusten
- Spanish: incrustar
- French: incruster
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