incrust

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The water climbs above the altar-tops, sapping, in its recession, the cement of the fine marbles which incrust the columns, so that about their bases the pieces have to be continually renewed.

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean

It was formerly believed that waters replete with calcareous earth, such as incrust the inside of tea-kettles, or are laid to petrify moss, were liable to produce or to increase the stone in the bladder.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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

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

In so many arid forms which States incrust themselves with, once in a century, if so often, a poetic act and record occur.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various