Associations to the word «Encrustation»

Wiktionary

ENCRUSTATION, noun. An incrustation

Dictionary definition

ENCRUSTATION, noun. The formation of a crust.
ENCRUSTATION, noun. A hard outer layer that covers something.
ENCRUSTATION, noun. A decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope