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enchase

[en-chays] / ɛnˈtʃeɪs /


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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

Looking up, he saw the irregular circle of the moon high in the sky, so brilliant that the scored relievo work enchased upon her surface was obscured by the bright light reflected from it.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies

St. James' Town, an inconsiderable village, was before him, enchased, as it were in a valley, amid arid and scarped rocks of immense height; every platform, every opening, every gorge, was bristled with cannon.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 263, Supplementary Number (1827) 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

Observing that Charlemagne had lost most of his nose, he caused it to be replaced in gold very delicately chiseled and enchased.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various

The night was lovely, and the moon shone with full-orbed radiance upon the cloth of gold, embroidered velvet curtains, and high enchased silver sculptures of the imperial bed.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various

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

Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster


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