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Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : keyk

Phonetic Transcription : keɪk

Definition of caking

Origin : c.1600, from cake (n.). Related: Caked; caking.

As in crust : noun stiff outer layer; coating
As in set : verb harden
As in solidify : verb harden
As in stiffen : verb make or become harder
As in thicken : verb set; make more dense
As in indurate : verb harden
As in inspissate : verb thicken
As in congeal : verb coagulate
As in harden : verb make or become solid

Example sentences :

There are two varieties of cubical coal; the open-burning and the caking.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

Joe was watersoaked to the skin, and mud was caking on his clothes.
Extract from : « The Forest of Mystery » by James H. Foster

The hot sweat began to streak the caking grime upon their faces.
Extract from : « The Shepherd of the North » by Richard Aumerle Maher

Snow fell steadily, caking her hood and penetrating the woolen suit.
Extract from : « Behind the Green Door » by Mildred A. Wirt

War is a muddy business, encasing the body in dirt, and caking over the soul.
Extract from : « Thoughts on religion at the front » by Neville Stuart Talbot

A caking of dust on the torso of his jacket showed where the blood had oozed from a bullet wound in the chest, and quickly dried.
Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey

Of course they were muddy, but I remember beneath the caking of the clay that they were of new leather.
Extract from : « With the Doughboy in France » by Edward Hungerford

The caking property is best developed in coals low in oxygen with 25 to 30% of volatile matters.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 » by Various

The property of caking or yielding a coherent coke is usually absent, and the ash is often very high.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 » by Various

A sort of scale or caking in long, long time grows over original feelings.
Extract from : « Amaryllis at the Fair » by Richard Jefferies

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