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Inlay  n.  Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety; as, ornamented with ivory inlay. "Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground." "The sloping of the moonlit sward Was damask work, and deep inlay Of braided blooms."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Inlay" Quotes from Famous Books



... By George Barr McCutcheon. With Color Frontispiece and other illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Beautiful inlay picture in colors of ...
— Marcia Schuyler • Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

... vermil beds in Idria's mighty caves The living Silver rolls its ponderous waves; With gay refractions bright Platina shines, And studs with squander'd stars his dusky mines; Long threads of netted gold, and silvery darts, 410 Inlay the Lazuli, and pierce the Quartz;— —Whence roof'd with silver beam'd PERU, of old, And hapless ...
— The Botanic Garden - A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation • Erasmus Darwin

... witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night; winter; killing time. Adj. vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal. Phr. "midnight, the outpost of advancing day" [Longfellow]; "sable- vested Night" [Milton]; "this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd" [Young]. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Inlay" :   ornament, damascene, dental medicine, filling, hatch, grace, marqueterie, handicraft, beautify, marquetry, embellish, odontology



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