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encrust definition

en·crust (en krust′)

transitive verb

  1. to cover with or as with a crust, or hard coating
  2. to decorate elaborately, esp. with gems

Etymology: OFr encrouster < L incrustare: see in- & crust

intransitive verb

to form a crust

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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