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What is an incrustation?

What is an incrustation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
  2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
  3. A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
  4. Anything inlaid or embedded.
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Absence of external anomalies: rind and bone must be whole, without any visible incrustation or any excessive softness.
The incrustation is of a flesh color, or orange, when hot, but gets lighter as it cools.
From the crest of the upper terrace runs back a plateau of silicious incrustation covering 300 to 400 acres.
A warm thick solution of glue should be spread upon the incrustation covering the bronze.
Old, toxic fecal matter and incrustation including mucus, begin to break loose, thereafter increasing peristalsis and water assimilation.
Such incrustation frequently causes blockages and subsequent kiln shut-downs for several days at a time.

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