I.to cover with a coat or rind, to incrust (mostly anteand post-class.): “ollam sapā et farre,” Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5: “tota maceria levi lapide aut tectoria intrinsecus incrustetur,” id. ib. 15, 1: “sincerum vas,” i. e. to daub over virtues with the names of vices, Hor. S. 1, 3, 56: “parietem,” Dig. 8, 2, 12.
in-crusto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,