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Encase  v. t.  To inclose in or as if in a case. See Incase.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Encase" Quotes from Famous Books



... a a a, stretches over the lower part of the abdomen and the upper part of the thigh. It becomes intimately attached to Poupart's ligament along the ilio-pubic line, C B; it invests the spermatic cord, as shown at b, and descends into the scrotum, so as to encase this part. Where this superficial fascia overlies the saphenous opening, E, of the fascia lata, it assumes a "cribriform" character, owing to its being pierced by numerous lymphatic vessels and some veins. As this superficial fascia ...
— Surgical Anatomy • Joseph Maclise

... epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment &c (grease) 356. V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c 225; encase, incase^; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.]. coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker^, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... in maintaining the silence with which he had determined to encase himself. But Daisy did not wish him to speak, and her will ...
— A Black Adonis • Linn Boyd Porter

... careered in battle, scorching his foes in every direction, his course resembled that of a blazing conflagration. Alas, deprived of life, he now lieth on the ground, like an extinguished fire. The handle of the bow is yet in his grasp. The leathern fences, O Madhava, still encase his fingers. Though slain, he still looketh as if alive. The four Vedas, and all kinds of weapons, O Keshava, did not abandon that hero even as these do not abandon the Lord Prajapati himself. His auspicious ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown



Words linked to "Encase" :   sack, enclose, pack, shut in, encasement, package, close in, crate, incase



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