/ ɪnˈkrʌstɪd; NAmE / adjective
encrusted (with / in sth) covered with a thin hard layer of sth; forming a thin hard layer on sth :
a crown encrusted with diamonds
encrusted blood
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense cause to form a crust ): from French incruster or encroûter , both from Latin incrustare , from in- into + crusta a crust + -ed .