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  • noun Plural form of encrustation.

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Examples

  • I believe real growth and development only occurs under "positive reinforcement", under conditions of trust and reciprocity, and all lessons learned from punishment and pain are rigid encrustations that will eventually have to be undone for clear thinking to take place.

    Notes On Moderating A Blog 2010

  • Using speleothem encrustations from coastal caves on the island of Mallorca, we determined that western Mediterranean relative sea level was ~1 meter above modern sea level ~81,000 years ago during marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a.

    About: Blinded by Science 2010

  • Lace insets, sparkly encrustations and complicated little curlicues of material were bound together with wafer-thin patchworks of other materials, all in the tea-stained hues of yesteryear.

    Welcome to the Show Michael Roberts 2012

  • I believe real growth and development only occurs under "positive reinforcement", under conditions of trust and reciprocity, and all lessons learned from punishment and pain are rigid encrustations that will eventually have to be undone for clear thinking to take place.

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

  • Many of your latter-day encrustations on the traditional duties of the maid of honor are just so many unwanted barnacles on the hull of the matrimonial ship that has transmitted British couples well since the time of Lord Nelson.

    Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids Con Chapman 2010

  • I don't mean silly boring grown-up toys, like the ones Sharper Image used to sell, but real toys, made from precious materials such as gold and platinum, with encrustations of diamonds.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Heather McDougal 2008

  • "Many of your latter-day encrustations on the traditional duties of the maid of honor are just so many unwanted barnacles on the hull of the matrimonial ship that has transmitted British couples well since the time of Lord Nelson."

    Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids 2010

  • I don't mean silly boring grown-up toys, like the ones Sharper Image used to sell, but real toys, made from precious materials such as gold and platinum, with encrustations of diamonds.

    Of Clockwork Trains and Faberge Eggs Heather McDougal 2008

  • Here, 20 years after that first impressionist work, Claude Monet made 30 pictures of Rouen's massive Gothic cathedral - extreme close-ups of one part of the fa�ade - flattened perspective, encrustations of paint.

    Monet's Canvas Cathedrals: A Life Study Of Light 2010

  • Here, 20 years after that first impressionist work, Claude Monet made 30 pictures of Rouen's massive Gothic cathedral - extreme close-ups of one part of the fa�ade - flattened perspective, encrustations of paint.

    Monet's Canvas Cathedrals: A Life Study Of Light 2010

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