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

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

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