| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb incrust.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (incrust) | 1. Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).[Wordnet]. 2. Cover or coat with a crust.[Wordnet]. 3. Form a crust or a hard layer.[Wordnet]. 4. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar.[Websters]. 5. To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.[Websters]. 6. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: incrusting, incrusted, incrusts, incruster, incrusters, incrustingly and incrustedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "INCRUSTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references) |
Specialty Definition: incrust
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To cover with a crust or with a hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of any substance; as iron incrusted with oxyd or rust; a vessel incrusted with salt.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To encrust. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: INCRUSTING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Incrusting substance | Biology & Biotechnology | A material, mainly lignin, that encrusts the cell wall and cements the cells together. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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