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INLA'Y, v.t. pret. and pp. inlaid. [in and lay.]

To veneer; to diversify cabinet or other work by laying in and fastening with glue, thin slices or leaves of fine wood, on a ground of common wood. This is used in making compartments.

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Inlay (inlay)
v. t.(?)
In*lay"
[imp. *** p. p. Inlaied (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Inlaying.]
  1. To lay within] hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, 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.
    Shak.

    But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay their story. Milton.

  2. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.

    Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay
    Broidered the ground.
    Milton.

    The sloping of the moonlit sward
    Was damask work, and deep inlay
    Of braided blooms.
    Tennyson.


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