encrustingadj.
/ɛnˈkrʌstɪŋ//ɪnˈkrʌstɪŋ/ That encrusts.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > encrusting
encrusting1766
incrustating1885
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 140 I visited the incrusting spring..and could not find anything incrusted within 26 yards of the rise of it.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. Pref. p. ii The excellence and number of our springs (whether medicinal or incrusting).
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 79 Polypary incrusting, formed of stolons.
1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 60 A kiss cannot reach her through the incrusting alabaster.
1861 All Year Round IV. 461 I was content to take a foggy view of the Inn through the window's encrusting dirt.
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