Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective covered or protected with or as if with a case.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
encase .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered or protected with or as if with a case
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Examples
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Well, it seems Count Rumford also has his name encased in this sponge cake based, meringue topped insulated ice cream dish.
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ~~louise~~ 2008
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Well, it seems Count Rumford also has his name encased in this sponge cake based, meringue topped insulated ice cream dish.
Archive 2008-03-01 ~~louise~~ 2008
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He would then in return at a later date with at least one accomplice -- in at least some cases believed to have been Gary or Shaheed -- and a large amount of counterfeit coins encased in an intricate wrapping, Bianchi said.
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The files all had tiny labels encased in plastic tabs arranged so they made a neat diagonal from left to right.
Echo Burning Child, Lee 2001
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The men have hanging from their girdles their flint and tinder, knife-case, powder-horn, and, stuck through the girdle from right to left is a sword encased in a sheath made sometimes of wood, but often of metal inlaid with silver and stones.
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His feet were encased in buskins, a sash of black and yellow passed over his left shoulder and was knotted upon his right hip, while at his left dangled a short sword encased in a jewelled scabbard, supported by a jewelled belt or chain of broad links, all made of the same gold-like metal.
In Search of El Dorado Harry Collingwood 1886
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Sir William Wallace gave "a heavy sword encased in a brass scabbard," and naively explaining which Sir William Wallace it was, lest we get the wrong one by the hassock; this is the one "from whose patriotism and bravery comes that heart-stirring air, 'Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled. '"
Christian Science Mark Twain 1872
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Nothing says labeling yourself an alcoholic with name encased shot glasses, but my personal favorite one is the Red Sox one.
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MUSIK VON HARMONIA sports a brash, bold, comic-book art drawing of a simple bottle of detergent with the bands name encased in a spiky yellow explosion of a speech bubble.
Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009
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"It's very gauzy and kind of encased in fluff and nostalgia, and it doesn't express the real history of the parkway at all."
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