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in⋅crust

  [in-kruhst]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
2. to form into a crust.
3. to deposit as a crust.
–verb (used without object)
4. to form a crust: They scraped off the barnacles that always incrusted on the ship's hull.
Also, encrust.

Origin:
1635–45; < L incrustāre. See in- 2 , crust

Related forms:
in⋅crust⋅ant, adjective, noun
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en·crust   (ěn-krŭst')   
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.]
in·crust   (ĭn-krŭst')   
v.  Variant of encrust.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: incrust
variant of ENCRUST
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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