INCRUSTATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

2.
n.

A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.

3.
n.

A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

4.
n.

Anything inlaid or imbedded.