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- Incrustation - n. - The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- Incrustation - 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.
- Incrustation - n. - A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
- Incrustation - n. - Anything inlaid or imbedded.
- Lignification - n. - A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
- Crust - n. - An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.
- Scale - n. - An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.
- Node - n. - A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- Scab - n. - An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
- Patina - n. - The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
- Zaratite - n. - A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.