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


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Accordingly, the show proceeds from Duchamp not to the image- and object-factories of Pop and Minimalism but into a realm of accumulation, encrustation, and bodily surrogates.
1) The foreign body, which acts as the nucleus for encrustation, can be either endogenous or exogenous.
131 The quest, however, for precious materials can be a snare leading to deformation of ornament by gratuitous enrichment eg, encrustation of gems and so on.
 
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