incrustation

incrustationnoun/ɪnkɹʌsˈteɪʃən/

• 1

  The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

• 2

  A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.

• 3

  A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

• 4

  Anything inlaid or embedded.

• 5

  An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.

  • Her reception of her brother was most affectionate—there are times when the most artificial, by habit, become natural; when the early memories of the heart, for a short time at least, spring up as a fountain of living waters, overflowing the selfish vanities and conventional incrustations which the world has planted—giving honest smiles to the countenance; artless, yet loving words to the tongue; and the gratified heart seems restored to a new childhood.