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incrustare [CL] 1 to cover with a layer of something. si [sperma viri et mulieris] equaliter conveniunt, concipit mulier et ~at semen, et illud semen superficietenus matrici alligatur Quaest. Salern. B 194; cipharii qui ~ant vasa crustis aureis et argenteis Garl. Dict. 128 (cf. id. Mor. Scol. 492 gl. (v. 2 infra)); 15‥ [the ground-floor room ‥ was plastered] ~atum [by Andrew Pierson Fellow 1542] Arch. Hist. Camb. I 252. 2 (fig.) to besmirch, defile. domus incomposita susurriis ~atur J. Sal. Pol. 736C; 1166 ranas in ceno fovet, que flatus sui pure inpuro omnem ~ent sinceritatem Id. Ep. 148 (177 p. 182); lingua nocens pianos incrustat, sancta prophanat Id. Enth. Phil. 1735; ut quietem cordium vana curiositate sollicitet atque ut aliquid paulatim de fidei sinceritate ~et P. Blois Ep. 65. 191B; detractores legem transgrediuntur qui absentium vitam corrodunt dente cynico et vas sincerum ~ant [cf. Hor. Sat. I 3. 56] Neckam NR II 181 p. 320; si vas sincerum, si pectus jure severum / incrustas, ‥ Garl. Mor. Scol. 492 (cf. ib. gl.: vas sincerum, cor viri justi quando est fractum; ‥ ~as, si tu, id est, deturpas. ~are proprie est parare et ligare ciphas).

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