[f. L. lōrīcāt-, ppl. stem of lōrīcāre, f. LORICA.] trans. To enclose in or cover with a protective coating.

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1623.  Cockeram, Loricate, to arme one with a coat of defence.

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1691.  Ray, Creation, II. (1692), 39. Therefore hath Nature loricated or plaistred over the sides of the forementioned Hole with Ear-wax.

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1753.  Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v. Lorication, When vessels are exposed to a fire too strong for their structure … they crack and burst; for the preventing of which the operator has recourse to this method of coating or loricating his vessels.

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1818.  in Todd.

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