Inlay
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To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry,choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; toform an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.Look,how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of brightgold. Shak.But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay theirstory. Milton.
Inlay meaning & definition 1 of Inlay.
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a decorative pattern put into the surface of an object:
Inlay meaning & definition 2 of Inlay.
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Ornament (an object) by embedding pieces of a different material in it, flush with its surface.
Inlay meaning & definition 3 of Inlay.