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encrust
verb as in dirty
verb as in line
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They constitute the greater number by far of the hard minerals which encrust the terrestrial globe.
Poetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish.
Some marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime not only encrust rocks but give rise to sheets of submarine limestone.
A constant sense of gloom is settled like a pall over the whole building, blacker even than the soot and grime which encrust it.
Coral limestones encrust the lower slopes of these islands and do not attain a greater thickness than 150 feet.
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to encrust, such as: blacken, smear, smudge, sully, begrime, and blotch.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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