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encrusted

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en·crust  (n-krst) also in·crust (n-)
tr.v. en·crust·ed also in·crust·ed, en·crust·ing also in·crust·ing, en·crusts also in·crusts
1. To cover or coat with or as if with a crust: tires encrusted with dried mud; legalities that were encrusted with tradition.
2. To decorate by inlaying or overlaying with a contrasting material: encrust wood paneling with ivory.

[Possibly from French incruster, from Latin incrustre : in-, on; see en-1 + crusta, crust; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.encrusted - having a hardened crust as a covering
covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
Translations
encrusted [ɪnˈkrʌstɪd] ADJ encrusted withincrustado de
encrusted [ɪnˈkrʌstɪd] adj
(with mud)recouvert(e)
encrusted with [+ mud, snow] → recouvert(e) de
(with jewels)incrusté(e)
encrusted with [+ jewels] → incrusté(e) de
encrusted [ɪnˈkrʌstɪd] adj encrusted with (diamonds) → tempestato/a di; (rust) → incrostato/a di
encrusted [ɪnˈkrʌstɪd] adj encrusted with (diamonds) → tempestato/a di; (rust) → incrostato/a di


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About five o'clock, Michel Ardan distributed, under the name of dinner, some pieces of bread and cold meat, which were quickly swallowed without either of them abandoning their scuttle, the glass of which was incessantly encrusted by the condensation of vapor.
How the other pen found its way into the bowl instead of the fireplace or wastepaper basket I can't imagine, but there the two were, lying side by side, both encrusted with ink and completely undistinguishable from each other.
At one end of the chamber, upon massive golden thrones encrusted with diamonds, sat Than Kosis and his consort, surrounded by officers and dignitaries of state.
 
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