encasementn.
/ɪnˈkeɪsm(ə)nt/, /ɛnˈkeɪsmənt/, /ɪŋˈkeɪsm(ə)nt/, /ɛŋˈkeɪsmənt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkeɪsmənt/, /ɛnˈkeɪsmənt/ 1.
a. That which encases; receptacle, covering, sheath.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which
hosea1450
enclosure1551
clausure1564
casement1594
hull1718
encasement1741
sheath1774
casing1839
casework1842
cleading1849
sheathing1859
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 152 I have..described the incasement of the teeth.
1849 Fraser's Mag. 39 664 Gorgons and dragons..look grim from out of their stony encasement.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. vi. 56 His..horn, from the tip to its bony encasement, four feet.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous III. v. 176 Wedge after wedge [was] driven in between his Legs..and the Iron Incasement.
b. Biology. = emboîtement n. (See quot. 1879.)
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1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. ii. 36 Encasement..the false idea that the germs of innumerable generations previously formed and encased one in another, existed in every organism.
2. The act of encasing; the condition of being encased; spec. in Bee-keeping. Also concrete (see quot. 1884).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > in or as in a case
encasement1826
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > queen bee > tightly-packed ball of bees surrounding queen
encasement1884
1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 598 This incasement of our feet in icy boxes was very annoying.
1884 J. Hunter Man. Bee-keeping (ed. 2) 15 In the case of a strange Queen's appearance in the hive..the stranger is seized by the Workers, who gather round her and form a closely packed ball..technically called ‘an encasement’.
1888 F. R. Cheshire Bees & Bee-keeping II. 431 During examination..an encasement of the queen in her own hive is commenced.
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