enchase
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She may turn out to be a pearl of a wife, this young lady whom you are requested to enchase in gold.
From Major Frank by James Akeroyd
Observing that Charlemagne had lost most of his nose, he caused it to be replaced in gold very delicately chiseled and enchased.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
Latin, which had enchased and preserved such precious remains of ancient wisdom, was now shackling the living mind in its efforts.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
In shape it resembles the nave of a church, with the sides richly enchased with figures of saints and bishops.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Dawson Turner
Give me my earthen cups again, The crystal I contemn, Which, though enchased with pearls, contain A deadly draught in them.
From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Francis Turner Palgrave
There was for the second, a little Cupid set with brilliants; and besides these, a set of fine china for a tea-table enchased in gold, japan trunks, fans, and many gallantries of the same nature.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
After dismounting it—an operation that the quite primitive enchasing of the face plate renders very easy—we took a copy of it, which we measured with care.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
