incrust

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It's just the same principle as those lime springs that incrust things with lime.

From Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Lorimer, George Horace

Fuses with the evolution of dense white fumes, which incrust the surface of the charcoal.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Such are popularly known as petrifying springs, although they merely incrust the objects and do not convert them into stone.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

Fuses and gives off dense white fumes, which thickly incrust the charcoal and color the flame blue immediately beyond the assay.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

"True," said Mohi, "they absorb the oil of the smoke, instead of allowing it offensively to incrust."

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman