incrust

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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

The waters which rise from springs passing through marl or limestone are replete with calcareous earth, and when thrown over morasses they deposit this earth and incrust or consolidate the morass.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

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

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

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