hard+coating
51pill — pill1 /pil/, n. 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole. 2. something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: Ingratitude is a bitter pill. 3. Slang. a… …
52incrustation — noun a) The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. b) 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 …
53cladding — noun a) Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fiber. b) a weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called …
54encrustation — n. crust or hard coating; act of encrusting …
55crust — n. Incrustation, hard coating …
56incrustation — n 1. crust, hard coating, incrustant, scab, covering; casing, shell, hull, husk, rind, skin, bark, Bot. cortex. 2. inlay, inlaying, setting; ornament, ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, adornment, gilding, embossing …
57incrust — in•crust [[t]ɪnˈkrʌst[/t]] v. t. 1) to cover or line with a crust or hard coating 2) to form into a crust 3) to deposit as a crust 4) to form a crust • Etymology: 1635–45; < L incrustāre …
58incrustation — in•crus•ta•tion [[t]ˌɪn krʌˈsteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of incrusting or the state of being incrusted 2) a crust or hard coating 3) a) the inlaying or addition of enriching materials to a surface b) the materials used …
59encrust — /ɛnˈkrʌst / (say en krust), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) 1. to cover or line with a crust or hard coating. 2. to form into a crust. 3. to deposit as a crust. –verb (i) 4. to form a crust. Also, incrust. {Latin incrustāre} …
60encrust — [en krust′] vt. [OFr encrouster < L incrustare: see IN 1 & CRUST] 1. to cover with or as with a crust, or hard coating 2. to decorate elaborately, esp. with gems vi. to form a crust …
