Usually means: Covering an object with crust.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word encrusting:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. encrusting: Merriam-Webster
  2. encrusting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. encrusting: Vocabulary.com
  4. encrusting: Wordnik
  5. encrusting: Wiktionary
  6. encrusting: Dictionary.com
  7. encrusting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encrusting: Legal dictionary

(Note: See encrust as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (encrust)

verb:  (transitive) To cover with a hard crust.
verb:  (intransitive) To form a crust.
verb:  (transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
▸ Also see encrust


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