encrustmentn.
/ɛnˈkrʌstmənt/ concrete. That which is deposited by the action of encrusting; an outer encrusted layer or shell. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > a crust or incrustation
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1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. III. 182 That rich..spirit of drollery..penetrating through all enfoldings and rigorous encrustments into the kernel of the ludicrous.
1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps II. xiv. 211 The trees..glistened rather with soft moisture than with stiff encrustment.
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