Definition of Incrustations

1. Noun. (plural of incrustation) ¹

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Definition of Incrustations

1. incrustation [n] - See also: incrustation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incrustations

incriminates
incriminating
incriminatingly
incrimination
incriminations
incriminatory
incroachment
incross
incrossed
incrosses
incrossing
incruent
incruental
incrust
incrustation
incrustations (current term)
incrusted
incrusted cystitis
incrusting
incrustment
incrustments
incrusts
incrystallizable
incuba
incubae
incubate
incubated
incubates
incubating
incubation

Literary usage of Incrustations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"Calcareous incrustations are thus formed, which, after a time, ... These incrustations sometimes join each other, and form a continuous column. ..."

2. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"Such incrustations, however, can also be produced by electro-deposition, ... The principal requisites for these incrustations are manual skill and much ..."

3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Tree—Patagonian Hare—Indian Families—General Rosas—Proceed to Bahia Blanca—Sand Dunes—Negro Lieutenant—Bahia Blanca—Saline incrustations— Punta ..."

4. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals by Georg Langbein (1898)
"Such incrustations, however, can also be produced by electro- deposition, ... The principal requisites for these incrustations are manual skill and much ..."

5. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"incrustations OF TARTAR. Tartar occurs quite commonly on the teeth of ... In some severe cases, the tooth may be completely covered with the incrustations. ..."

6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... Tree—Patagonian Hare— Indian Families—General Rosas—Proceed to Bahia Blanca—Sand Dunes—Negro Lieutenant—Bahia Blanca—Saline incrustations— Punta ..."

7. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Royal Canadian Institute, Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1904)
"This last mentioned point will be discussed in detail in the following chapter. IV.—incrustations, GUTTATION DROPS, DEW. Certain plants, belonging to the ..."

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