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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: incrustation n : a hard outer layer that covers something [syn: {crust}, {encrustation}]
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