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encase(dictionary)

encase (iou)



encase verb trans. Also incase. M17.
[from EN-1, IN-2 + CASE noun2.]
Cover or surround like a case; in pass., clad in. M17.
encased knot a knot of dead wood surrounded by, but not connected to, the living wood.
P. Campbell The feet were encased in red woollen socks. G. Vidal Clouds and smog encased Manhattan Island like a celluloid bell.
Put into or enclose within a case or receptacle. E18.
E. K. Kane The body was encased in a decent pine coffin.