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en·crust    Audio Help   (ěn-krŭst')  Pronunciation Key 
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 incrustāre : in-, on; see en-1 + crusta, crust; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]

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