"encased" in the verb sense
1. encase, incase, case
enclose in, or as if in, a case
"my feet were encased in mud"
"encased" in the adjective sense
1. cased, encased, incased
covered or protected with or as if with a case
"knights cased in steel"
"products encased in leatherette"
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