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in⋅crust

[in-kruhst]
–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


in⋅crust⋅ant, adjective, noun
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Main Entry: incrust
variant of ENCRUST
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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