Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-CRUST', v.t. [L. incrusto; in and crusto, to crust.]

To cover with a crust or with a hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of any substance; as, iron incrusted with oxyd or rust; a vessel incrusted with salt.

IN-CRUST'ATE, v.t.

To incrust. [Less frequently used.]

IN-CRUST-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. incrustatio.]

1. A crust or rough coat of any thing on the surface of a body.
2. A covering or lining of marble or other stone. Addison.

IN-CRUST'ED, pp.

Covered with a crust.

IN-CRUST'ING, ppr.

Covering with a crust.

IN-CRUST'MENT, n.

Incrustation. Ed. Rev.

IN-CRYS'TAL-IZ-A-BLE, a. [in and crystalizable.]

That will not crystalize; that can not be formed into crystals.

IN'CU-BATE, v.i. [L. incubo; in and cubo, to lie down.]

To sit, as on eggs for hatching.

IN-CU-BA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. incubatio.]

The act of sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young. Ray.

IN-CU'BA-TUBE, n.

Incubation. [Not used.]

IN'CU-BUS, n. [L. from incubo, to lie on.]

1. The nightmar; suffocative anhelation, with a sense of external pressure upon the chest, often seeming to be that of some hideous monster, and with tremor or violent struggle, transitory; most commonly occurring during sleep, though sometimes during wakefulness.
2. A demon; an imaginary being or fairy. Bp. Hall.

IN-CULC'ATE, v.t. [L. inculco, to drive or force on; in and calco, to tread, calx, the heel.]

To impress by frequent admonitions; to teach and enforce by frequent repetitions; to urge on the mind. Our Savior inculcates on his followers humility and forgiveness of injuries.

IN-CULC'A-TED, pp.

Impressed or enforced by frequent admonitions.

IN-CULC'A'TING, ppr.

Impressing or enforcing by repeated instruction.

IN-CULC-A'TION, n.

The action of impressing by repeated admonitions.

IN-CULP'A-BLE, a. [L. in and culpabilis, from culpa, a fault.]

Without fault; unblamable; that can not be accused. South.

IN-CULP'A-BLENESS, n.

Unblamableness. Mountagu.

IN-CULP'A-BLY, adv.

Unblamably; without blame. South.

IN-CUL'PATE, v.t. [L. inculpo, to excuse.]

To blame; to censure, – a sense directly contrary to that of the Latin word. Gov. Morris.

IN-CUL'PA-TED, pp.

Blamed; censured.

IN-CUL'PA-TING, ppr.

Blaming; censuring.

IN-CUL-PA'TION, n. [L. in and culpa.]

Blame; censure. Jefferson.

IN-CUL'PA-TO-RY, a.

Imputing blame.

IN-CULT', a. [L. incultus; in and cultus, from colo.]

Untilled; uncultivated. Thomson.

IN-CUL'TI-VA-TED, a.

Not cultivated; uncultivated.