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Webster 1913 Edition
Enchase
En-chase′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enchased
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enchasing
.] 1.
To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.
Enchased
with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser.
An precious stones, in studs of gold
The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced.
enchased
,The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced.
Mickle.
2.
To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving;
as, to
. enchase
a watch caseWith golden letters . . . well
enchased
. Spenser.
3.
To delineate or describe, as by writing.
[Obs.]
All which . . . for to
Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween.
enchase
,Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween.
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enchase
ENCHA'SE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To infix or inclose in another body so as to be held fast, but not concealed.2.
Technically, to adorn by embossed work; to enrich or beautify any work in metal,by some design or figure in low relief, as a watch case.3.
To adorn by being fixed on it.To drink in bowls which glittering gems enchase.
4.
To mark by incision.5.
To delineate.Definition 2024
enchase
enchase
English
Verb
enchase (third-person singular simple present enchases, present participle enchasing, simple past and past participle enchased)
- To set (a gemstone etc.) into.
- (figuratively) To be a setting for.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, I.xii:
- My ragged rimes are all too rude and bace, / Her heauenly lineaments for to enchace.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, I.xii:
- To decorate with jewels, or with inlaid ornament.
- To cut or carve, as with a weapon.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lvii:
- They took their swords again, and each enchas'd / Deep wounds in the soft flesh of his strong foe.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lvii: