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Loricate


LOR'ICATE, verb transitive [Latin lorico, loricatus, from lorica, a coat of mail.]

1. To plate over; to spread over, as a plate for defense.

Nature hath loricated the sides of the tympanum in animals with ear-wax.

2. To cover with a crust, as a chimical vessel, for resisting fire.