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noun

Incasement n.

The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.

That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.

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Etymology of 'Incasement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Incasement" Quotes from Famous Books

... living filament" (p. 236); and again he expresses the conjecture that one and the same kind of living filament is and has been the cause of all organic life (p. 244). It does not follow that he was a "spermist," since he strongly argued against the incasement ...

— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard

... skin, which easily falls apart and discloses the luscious quarters, plump, juicy, and waiting to melt in the mouth. I look for a moment at the rich pulp in its soft incasement, and then try a delicious morsel. I nod. My gardener again shrugs his shoulders, with a slight smile, as much as to say, It could not be otherwise, and is evidently delighted to have me enjoy his fruit. I fill capacious pockets with the choicest; and, if ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner