encrustation

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Mostly, Hynes called him O’Casey, but a few times she called him Sean, and the warmth of that familiarity melted away any sepia encrustation that has accumulated around his name.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2023

This encrustation can speed up corrosion and obscure a ship’s appearance over time, making it harder to analyze the degradation of the shipwreck.

From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2021

Jaunty, lumpy monoliths built from an encrustation of sparkly glass beads by Mexican artist Raúl de Nieves are like humanoid stalagmites discovered deep within Plato’s cave.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2019

On trips to Death Valley, Douglas has examined the microbial life that can be found in the flats, where millennia of flooding and evaporation have left an encrustation of salt.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2016

I yanked on the padlock, but despite a thick encrustation of rust it seemed rock solid.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs