incrustationn.
/ɪnkrʌˈsteɪʃən/ 1. The action of encrusting; the formation of a crust, the fact or condition of being encrusted.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > a crust or incrustation > formation of
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incrustation1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Incrustation, a pargetting, rough~casting.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Incrustation, a making or becomeing hard on the outside, like a crust, a rough-casting, or pargetting.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. viii. iii. 97 The incrustation of their walls with the most exquisite marbles.
1769 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (new ed.) III Incrustation, in Surgery, the induction of a crust or Eschar upon any part.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 500 The branches formed by incrustation are sometimes six inches long.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. iv. 74 The incrustation of brick with more precious materials.
1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece 251 Had the whole church been finished as it was designed, it would have presented one splendid though bizarre effect of incrustation.
1923 Daily Mail 24 Jan. 6 The heavy encrustation of swollen buds on every twig.
2. † b. figurative. An adventitious ornament. Obsolete.
a. An outer hard layer or crust of some fine or costly material placed over a rough or common substance, esp. a facing of marble or other precious stone on a building.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > a surfacing or cladding > of fine or costly material
incrustamenta1552
incrustationc1660
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 118 A Chapell..all of Jasper and severall incrustations of Marble through the inside.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 252 The Wales..are covered with antique incrustations of history.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 33/2 Alabaster..cut with a Saw into large thin pieces, extremely convenient for Incrustations.
1838 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 338 An incrustation, consisting of small segments of white and black marble, gives these edifices a motley appearance.
1880 C. E. Norton Church-building in Middle Ages ii. 54 The whole surface..was to be covered with precious incrustations of mosaic or of marble.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > adventitious
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embroidery1640
clinquant1711
frill1893
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. ii. 66 The old popishe ceremonies..are, as it were, an Incrustation both vnlawful and vnseemly.
1645 J. Goodwin Innocency & Truth Triumphing To Rdr. sig. A3 What incrustations, and misrepresentations of opinions, sayings, practises, actions.
1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) III. iv. iv. 193 Every age adorned it with additional superstitions; so that at length the old foundation became quite lost in these new incrustations.
3.
a. A crust or hard coating formed naturally on the surface of an object; esp. a calcareous or crystalline concretion or deposit.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > a crust or incrustation
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crust?1529
scurfa1555
scruff1591
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overcrusting1670
incrustation1671
illinition1794
encrustment1845
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xxxix. 359 We shall find an Incrustation upon the out-side of the moss and leaves.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 166. ⁋3 Like unpolished gems, of which none but the artist knows the intrinsick value, till their..incrustations are rubbed away.
1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (ed. 2) 234 Stalactitic incrustations, formed by the evaporation of water, holding calcareous matter in solution.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 202 This siliceous matter is deposited around the mouth of the hole as an incrustation.
b. figurative. An accretion of habit, etc. compared to a hard crust formed over and around an object.
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1806 R. Fellowes tr. J. Milton Second Def. in C. Symmons Prose Wks. John Milton VI. 375 There are..many evil incrustations about your heart.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 215 Her really warm heart..was frozen over by a thin incrustation of vanity.
a1864 J. D. Burns Mem. & Rem. (1879) 364 The pure simplicities of His Word..get overlaid with earthly incrustations.
1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 397 Hidden under the incrustations of sense and evil habit.
1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 271/2 There was no effective prohibition of superstitious practices..and supplementary worships. At an early stage [of Buddhism] a process of encrustation began.
1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society vi. 197 Each core..in a village may have a number of classificatory encrustations.
4. A hard dry formation on the surface of the body; a scab of eschar (cf. crust n. 3).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > scab
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scabc1400
scurfc1440
rovea1500
rig-ruff1611
incrustation1656
scud1825
crusta1842
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease > scale or scab
scabc1250
scale14..
scurf1540
incrustation1656
slurf1674
scruff1710
squama1876
squame1911
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Incrustation,..a crustiness, or thick scabbedness.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 2 A slight incrustation was formed on the vesicle.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 729 The incrustations which adhere to the cuticle.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 195 Such is the course of the ordinary small-pox papule through the several stages of macule, papule, vesicle, pustule, and incrustation.
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