coating
/ˈkoʊtɪŋ/ noun C1- A thin outer layer. · They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
- A telling-off; a reprimand.
Plural coatings
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Still, it must have been many years in use, for it was thickly covered with a coating of soot; this soot I dissolved in a portion of the wine brought to me every Sunday, and I assure you a better ink cannot be desired.
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