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noun
- an incrusting or being incrusted.
- a crust or coat of anything on the surface of a body; covering, coating, or scale.
- the inlaying or addition of enriching materials on or to a surface or an object.
- the enriching materials inlaid on or added to a surface or an object.
also encrustation, 1640s, from Late Latin incrustationem (nominative incrustatio) “a covering with crust,” noun of action from past participle stem of incrustare.
n.
- The formation of a crust or a scab.
- A coating of hardened exudate or other material on a body or body part.