incrust

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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

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

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

But in the Gallo-Scottish style everything tends to the perpendicular, not only in the long, narrow shapes of the buildings themselves, and their tall, spiral turrets, but in the many decorations which incrust them.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 by Chambers, William

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