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.