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Word: incrustation (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
  • A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
  • Anything inlaid or imbedded.
  • The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

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