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incrustation

in kruh stay shuhn

  • n  the formation of a crust
  • n  a hard outer layer that covers something
  • n  a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay

  • Ponderous and stiff with the incrustation of centuries of bickering and privilege is the Eastern Orthodox Communionan assortment of 15 national churches headed by patriarchs .
  • The speech of Mamet's three charactersthe owner of the store and two neighborhood punks who hang out thereis an incrustation of street slang, non sequiturs, malapropisms .
  • And that congress recommended dropping the word "leper" because of its incrustation of moral connotations, substituting "leprosy victim" or "leprosy patient.

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