| v. t. | 1. | To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute{1}, a crust, coating, or plates. |
| a. | 1. | Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo. |
| n. | 1. | (Zool.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals. |