Enchase Definition
ĕn-chās
enchased, enchases, enchasing
verb
To set (a gem, for example).
American Heritage
To put in a setting or serve as a setting for.
Webster's New World
To set with or as if with gems.
Enchase a brooch.
American Heritage
To ornament by engraving, embossing, or inlaying with gems, etc.
Webster's New World
To engrave or carve (designs, etc.)
Webster's New World
Origin of Enchase
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Middle English to engrave from Old French enchasser to set gems en- in en–1 chasse case (from Latin capsa box)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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