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Inlay v. t. (past & past part. inlaid; pres. part. inlaying) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, mother-of-pearl, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions. "Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold." "But these things are... borrowed by the monks to inlay their story."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... oak, and the fire-place is of the typical old English character, with seats for half a dozen people in the ingle-nook. The principal room had a fine Tudor door, and the frieze and some of the panels were enriched with an inlay of holly. When the house was demolished many of the choicest fittings which were missing from their places were found carefully stowed under the floor boards. Possibly a raid or a riot had alarmed the owners in some distant period, and they ...

— Vanishing England • P. H. Ditchfield

Words linked to "Inlay" : decoration, marquetry, marqueterie, adorn, damascene, dentistry, handicraft, embellish, ornament, parquetry, filling, parqueterie, grace, odontology, ornamentation, decorate, beautify, hatch, dental medicine