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incrustation
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incrustation /in·crus·ta·tion/ (in″krus-ta´shun)
1. the formation of a crust.
2. a crust, scab, or scale.

in·crust·a·tion (nkr-stshn)
n.
1. The formation of a crust or a scab.
2. A coating of hardened exudate or other material on a body or body part.

incrustation,
hardened exudate, scale, or scab.

incrustation [in″krus-ta´shun]
1. the formation of a crust.
2. a crust, scab, or scale.

incrustation
1. the formation of a crust.
2. a crust, scab or scale.


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This creativity was threatened with encrustation by the colonial culture that actually authorised texts that denied that Africans can be able to produce such historical structures of monumental greatness to humanity.
This undecorated sherd cannot be confused with a coil end since there is black charred encrustation on the top of the rim as well as on the inner surface.
Untitled (Hyperion Series), 1963-64, features two quasi-organic masses, apparently on the verge of coupling and coalescing into form, hovering against an allover violet encrustation.
 
 
 
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