What does the word coating mean?
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Usage examples for coating
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In
numerous
instances
burial
places
were
discovered
where
the
bodies
had
been
placed
with
the
face
up
and
covered
with
a
coating
of
plastic
clay
about
an
inch
thick.
– A further contribution to the study of the mortuary customs of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 87-204 by H. C. Yarrow
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When
he
came
back
from
France,
the
day
Lucile
saw
him
sitting
on
the
bench
in
the
park,
he
found
it
exactly-
save
for
a
heavy
coating
of
dust-
as
he
had
left
it,
in
1917,
when
he
went
down
to
Camp
Grant.
– Mary Wollaston by Henry Kitchell Webster
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They
walked
briskly
up
to
the
massive
gold
and
black
entrance,
and
passed
through
the
great
doors
that
seemed
made
of
solid
copper,
painted
with
some
clear
coating
that
kept
the
metal
lustrous,
the
rich
color
shining
magnificently.
– The Black Star Passes by John W Campbell