Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incrustation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incrustation \In`crus*ta"tion\, n. [L. incrustatio: cf. F.
incrustation. See {Incrust}.]
1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
2. 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. (Arch.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc.,
attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
4. (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incrustation
n : a hard outer layer that covers something [syn: {crust}, {encrustation}]
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