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To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar.

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  1. v. t. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar.
  2. v. t. To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
  3. v. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
  4. v. cover or coat with a crust
  5. v. form a crust or a hard layer
  6. 1. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar. And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, Incrusted hard. Thomson. 2. (Fine Arts) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
  7. To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamentalobject.
  8. v decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) v cover or coat with a crust v form a crust or a hard layer