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Inlay
Definitions
- 1 The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
- 2 a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface wordnet
- 3 A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
- 4 (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place wordnet
- 5 The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a compact disc, DVD, or cassette.
"Putting it all together: the cassette’s been run through a labelling machine, and now this Heath Robinsonesque device adds the inlay and the box in one swift operation, taking about three seconds for each cassette."
- 1 To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design. also, figuratively
"The body of the Scriptures hath in it limbs taken from other bodies; and in the vvord of God, are the vvords of other men, other authors, inlaid & inſerted. But, this vvork is onely vvhere the Holy Ghoſt is the VVorkman: It is not for man to inſert, to inlay other vvords into the vvord of God."
- 2 decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal wordnet
- 3 To place an inlay in a tooth.
"Porcelain inlaying is a grand thing in certain cases, and it is much to be regretted that the present existing circumstances do not warrant its being used more extensively."
Etymology
From in- + lay.
From in- + lay.
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