encrust

Object

• barnacle: Here you can see the barnacle encrusted Alum Bay wooden gun carriage wheel brought up by divers in 2002.
• algae: Look for them in March/April in the shallow pools lined with pink encrusting stony algae.
• lichen: You will arrive at an imposing lichen encrusted gateway.
• jewel: Make your own Oriental style dagger inspired by the jewel encrusted ones in the Oriental Armories.
• diamond: You wouldn't wear a diamond encrusted Rolex to play sports now would you?
• gem: Annie Laurie specializes in Brides and Maids tiaras and head-dresses, from the simple floral head band to the gem encrusted tiara.

Preposition: with

• jewel: Tiaras consisted usually of a curved metal band with a central raised piece encrusted with jewels.
• coral: The island is in a regular current stream and is heavily encrusted with soft corals.
• diamond: Thieves stole a gold Rolex watch worth £ 40,000 and had it encrusted with diamonds for resale.
• stone: I was told that inside even the walls were encrusted with precious stones.
• flower: The window, encrusted with frosty flowers, concealed the tangle of whispering streets knotted together around the graveyard.
• life: Both caves are encrusted with life on their vertical walls with an abundance of other sea life to be found.

Modifying Another Word

• heavily: This occurs above the weak shoulder, below which the vessel is heavily encrusted with a thick deposit which obscures much of the surface.
• often: Both types are often encrusted with a black deposit which visually certainly seems likely to have been formed by burnt fat.
• so: The stent could not be removed as it was so encrusted.
• now: Wrecks A Russian destroyer was sunk off Cayman Brac in 1996 and is now encrusted with life.
• thickly: His beds vary: elegant or spartan, thickly encrusted with paint, or executed in what seems to have been a fiery haste.
• totally: The wreck is very popular with photographers as it is totally encrusted in anemone, gorgonians and corals.

Preposition: in

• glass: This is a lovely vintage evening bag, encrusted in tiny opaque white milk glass and dating to circa 1933.
• bead: This is a lovely vintage evening bag, encrusted in tiny opaque white milk glass beads, dating to circa 1933.