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
I myself, though weary and excited, leant against the marble enchased wall which incloses the steps that lead up to the tabernacle in order to look my father in the face as I listened.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn
Its rim A spray of leaves enchased, white as with rime Night fallen.
From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Ada Langworthy Collier
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
Latin, which had enchased and preserved such precious remains of ancient wisdom, was now shackling the living mind in its efforts.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
There was for the second, a little Cupid set with brilliants; and besides these, a set of fine china for a tea-table enchased in gold, japan trunks, fans, and many gallantries of the same nature.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
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
