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
Selected from my stores, of matchless price, An urn shall recompense your prudent choice; By Vulcan's art, the verge with gold enchased.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
The background is enchased with an elegant foliated design somewhat Bornean in character.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 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
With that, a sword with stars of silver graced, The baldric studded, and the sheath enchased, He gave the Greek.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
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
