▪ I. incrustate, ppl. a.
(ɪnˈkrʌstət)
(Erron. -crustrate.)
[ad. L. incrustāt-us, pa. pple. of incrustāre, f. in- (in-2) + crustāre, f. crusta crust.]
† 1. Formed or hardened into a crust. Obs.
| 1626 Bacon Sylva §99 The Finer Part will bee turned into Aire, and the Grosser sticke as it were baked, and incrustate vpon the Sides of the Vessell. 1674 Grew Nat. Mixture v. Inst. ii. §8 The top of the unresolved Salt will be incrustate, or as it were frosted over. 1731 Tull Horse-Hoing Husb. (1733) 64 If Land sown with Wheat be not Ho'd, its Surface is soon Incrustate. |
2. Enveloped with a crust or solid superficial layer of matter: cf. crustate. Obs. exc. Bot.
| 1671 Phil. Trans. VI. 3017 A cherry-stone round about incrustrate with stony matter. 1866 Treas. Bot. 621/1 Incrustate,..coated with earthy matter. |
3. Bot. (See quot.)
| 1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., Incrustatus,..applied to a seed and pericarp when they adhere one to the other with so much force that they seem to form an entire body: incrustate. 1866 in Treas. Bot. 621. |
4. Zool. and Bot. Having the form of a crust, as a polyzoan or a lichen; spec. Of or pertaining to the Incrustata, a division of cyclostomatous Polyzoa.
▪ II. incrustate, v. Now rare.
(ɪnˈkrʌsteɪt)
Also en-; erron. -crustrate.
[f. L. incrustāt-, ppl. stem of incrustāre: see prec.]
1. To cover with a crust or hardened coating, as of deposited or crystallized matter, rust, scum, etc. = encrust 2.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 40/34 To Incrustate, incrustare. 1620 Venner Via Recta vi. 106 Couered ouer and incrustated..with sugar, which we..call Candied Ginger. 1682 H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 142 To let its Central Fire to incrustate it self into a Terrella. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. 64 note, Vast Stones, which..are incrustated with this Sparry, Stalactical Substance. 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. II. App. xiv. 127 The copper in precipitating will..incrustate the nail with pure copper. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 519 Encrustrating various objects, as birds' nests, plants, leaves, &c. |
† 2. In the arts: a. To cover with an ornamental layer after the manner of a natural incrustation: = encrust 1. b. To attach as or like an incrustation.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Incrusted, or Incrustated Column, is a column consisting of several pieces or slips of some precious marble, masticated or cemented around a mould of brick, or other material. 1764 Harmer Observ. viii. iii. 99 The art of incrustating buildings with it [marble]. Ibid. xl. vi. 304 The figures are incrustrated like the cyphers on the dial-plates of watches. |
Hence inˈcrustated, inˈcrustating ppl. adjs.
| 1659 H. More Immort. Soul (1662) 196 They make their peculiar Vortex..from Pole to Pole, and thread an incrustated Star. 1712 Phil. Trans. XXVII. 520 The encrustated Particles which stick to the Skin. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 259, I took off a Quantity of incrustated Gravel with the Currette. 1884 Pall Mall G., Extra 24 July 2/2 Encrustated papers, luminous paint, &c. 1885 J. Croll Climate & Cosmol. xi. 187 Masses of calcareous tufa which have been formed upon the borders of incrustating springs. |