incrust

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Saracenic pendentives with Cuphic legends incrust the richly painted ceiling of the nave.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

Save but our army! and let Jove incrust Swords, pikes, and guns, with everlasting rust!

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George

The waters of some springs are impregnated with sparry particles, which adhering to the herbage, or the clay, on the banks of their channel, harden into stone, and incrust the original retainers.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

"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

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