encrustedadj.
/ɛnˈkrʌstᵻd/, /ɛŋˈkrʌstᵻd/, /ᵻnˈkrʌstᵻd/, /ᵻŋˈkrʌstᵻd/, U.S. /ɛnˈkrəstᵻd/, /ᵻnˈkrəstᵻd/ In senses of the verb.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > specific types of snow or formation
featheryc1595
encrusted1663
old1856
wind-slab1936
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > encrusting > encrusted
crusted1382
incrustated1659
incrustate1671
scurfy1732
crustated1780
encrusted1815
leprous1820
barkened1827
scabrous1939
1663 J. Beale Let. 21 Jan. in Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 387 A black incrusted substance, which he found in Mendipp-hills, bedecked very delightfully with artificial branches of the exact form of ferns, which they say is an infallible discoverer of a coal-mine.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris v. 75 The olive branch in one hand, and the incrusted pike in the other.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxviii. 351 Trailing his hind quarters over the incrusted snow.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 121 The first kind, or ‘incrusted enamels’ is subdivided into two classes.
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 292 Solid concretions..of an organized skeleton and incrusted salts.
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