enchase verb4 •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. — 1648 •To decorate with jewels, or with inlaid ornament.Thy Garments shall be made of Medean silke, / Enchast with precious iewels of mine owne: […] — 1587 •(figurative) To be a setting for.My ragged rimes are all too rude and bace, / Her heauenly lineaments for to enchace. — 1590 •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[…] — 1600 formsenchased · enchasing · enchases