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 Akeroyd, James
I myself, though weary and excited, leant against the marble enchased wall which incloses the steps that lead up to the tabernacle in order to look my father in the face as I listened.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried
But they are not enchased and relieved with the same skill.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The background is enchased with an elegant foliated design somewhat Bornean in character.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
This ring of mine would lose half its beauty were not the signet encircled and enchased with these lesser brilliants, which grace it and set it off.
From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir
The night was lovely, and the moon shone with full-orbed radiance upon the cloth of gold, embroidered velvet curtains, and high enchased silver sculptures of the imperial bed.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
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
Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
