encrusted

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encrusted

  1. simple past and past participle of encrust

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encrusted (comparative more encrusted, superlative most encrusted)

  1. Having an incrustation.
    Coordinate terms: caked; crusty
    • 1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 721:
      Here the appearance at the head of the train of a grime-encrusted Eastern Region "K3" 2-6-0, No. 61967, did nothing to raise the spirits of the recorder; .

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