incrust
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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
Saracenic pendentives with Cuphic legends incrust the richly painted ceiling of the nave.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
Fuses with the evolution of dense white fumes, which incrust the surface of the charcoal.
Fuses and gives off dense white fumes, which thickly incrust the charcoal and color the flame blue immediately beyond the assay.
