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
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
In shape it resembles the nave of a church, with the sides richly enchased with figures of saints and bishops.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Dawson Turner
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
But they are not enchased and relieved with the same skill.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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
