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encase, incase, v.|ɛŋ-, ɪŋˈkeɪs|
[f. en-1, in- + case n.2 Cf. Fr. encaisser.]
1. trans. To put into or enclose within a case or receptacle. Also fig.
1727De Foe Hist. Appar. v. (1840) 45 Souls which have been encased in flesh. 1792A. Young Trav. France 243 Are not individuals to..incase the dead bodies, in whatever manner they please? 1823Scott Peveril xlviii, The creature was incased [in a violoncello] and mounted on a man's shoulders! 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xix. 240 The body was encased in a decent pine coffin. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 671 A little soul is encased in a large body.
2. To overlay, surround, hem in as with a case.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. v. xxxiv, The glassie wall (that round encasing The moat of glasse is named from that enlacing). 1791Cowper Iliad x. 348 Whose horns I will encase with gold. 1795–7Southey Poet. Wks. II. 149 Green moss shines there with ice incased. 1827M'Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 170 The sternum..is divided by a moveable articulation into two lids, which..completely encase the animal in its shell. 1862Stanley Jew. Ch. (1877) 321 The sanctuary was..encased with buildings.
b. To clothe, cover, invest. Chiefly humorous.
1725Pope Odyss. i. 333 In radiant Panoply his limbs incas'd. 1833Marryat P. Simple xxxi, His legs were encased in silk stockings. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 13 Well encased in warm sheepskin jackets and felt shoes. |