incrust

incrust: —incrustant, adj., n.

/in krust"/, v.t.

1. to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.

2. to form into a crust.

3. to deposit as a crust.

v.i.

4. to form a crust: They scraped off the barnacles that always incrusted on the ship's hull.

Also, encrust.

[1635-45; < L incrustare. See IN-², CRUST]

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Synonyms:

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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cover or line with a crust, or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incrust — var of ENCRUST … Medical dictionary
incrust — see encrust, which is the preferred form … Modern English usage
incrust — [in krust′] vt., vi. ENCRUST incrustation [in΄krus tā′shən] n … English World dictionary
incrust — 1. n.f. Multim. Incrustation d une image dans une autre. 2. adj. Bleu incrust : bleu intense … Le dictionnaire des mots absents des autres dictionnaires
incrust — var. of ENCRUST. * * * incrust etc., variants of encrust, etc … Useful english dictionary
incrust — variant of encrust … New Collegiate Dictionary
incrust — verb To encrust … Wiktionary
incrust — verb old fashioned spelling of encrust … English new terms dictionary
incrust — v. a. Cover with a crust, coat over … New dictionary of synonyms

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