enchase
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She may turn out to be a pearl of a wife, this young lady whom you are requested to enchase in gold.
From Major Frank by James Akeroyd
In shape it resembles the nave of a church, with the sides richly enchased with figures of saints and bishops.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Dawson Turner
It consists of a gold coin of Ferdinand II., dated 1638, surrounded by a row of sixteen brilliants enchased in silver, enriched with blue enamel, and bearing the motto, "Usque ad aris fidelis."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 by Various
Paragon of jewels enchased in a carcanet of dazzling brilliants!
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
It is enchased in a shrine, and is to be seene but thorow a christall glasse, and on the side which may be noated, appeareth nothing but a head.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832 by Various
Give me my earthen cups again, The crystal I contemn, Which, though enchased with pearls, contain A deadly draught in them.
From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Francis Turner Palgrave
Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
After dismounting it—an operation that the quite primitive enchasing of the face plate renders very easy—we took a copy of it, which we measured with care.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
