enchase
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She may turn out to be a pearl of a wife, this young lady whom you are requested to enchase in gold.
From Major Frank by James Akeroyd
At last he, with a low courtesy, put on her medical finger a pretty handsome golden ring, whereinto was right artificially enchased a precious toadstone of Beausse.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
The woods before and behind me made a square frame of silence, and I was enchased here in the clearing, thinking of all things.
From The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc
His heavy heel ground the enchased seal to rosy dust.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Of late years the enchased brass vessels made in Benares have been much admired, and have secured a large and profitable sale.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
It consists of a gold coin of Ferdinand II., dated 1638, surrounded by a row of sixteen brilliants enchased in silver, enriched with blue enamel, and bearing the motto, "Usque ad aris fidelis."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 by Various
Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
After dismounting it—an operation that the quite primitive enchasing of the face plate renders very easy—we took a copy of it, which we measured with care.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
