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encrustation [en·krə′stā·shən] (engineering) The buildup of slag or other material inside furnaces and kilns. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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