enchase

verb

1. To set (a gemstone, etc.) into.

   “The nails faln off by VVhit-flavves: Art's / VViſe hand enchaſing here thoſe vvarts, / VVhich vve to others (from our ſelves) / Sell, and brought hither by the Elves.”

   “The woods before and behind me made a square frame of silence, and I was enchased here in the clearing, thinking of all things.”

2. (figuratively)To be a setting for.

   “My ragged rimes are all too rude and bace, / Her heauenly lineaments for to enchace.”

3. To decorate with jewels, or with inlaid ornament.

   “Thy Garments ſhall be made of Medean ſilke, / Enchaſt with precious iewels of mine owne: […]”

4. To cut or carve, as with a weapon.

   “They tooke their ſwords againe, and each enchaſte / Deepe wounds in the ſoft fleſh of his ſtrong foe[…]”