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
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
Midway the hall was a fair table placed, With cloth of gold, and golden cups enchased With rubies, and the plates and knives were gold, And gold the bread and viands manifold.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There was for the second, a little Cupid set with brilliants; and besides these, a set of fine china for a tea-table enchased in gold, japan trunks, fans, and many gallantries of the same nature.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
Looking up, he saw the irregular circle of the moon high in the sky, so brilliant that the scored relievo work enchased upon her surface was obscured by the bright light reflected from it.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
With that, a sword with stars of silver graced, The baldric studded, and the sheath enchased, He gave the Greek.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
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
