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'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

"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

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

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