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Inlay \In"lay`\, 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.
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Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay
Broidered the ground. --Milton.
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The sloping of the moonlit sward
Was damask work, and deep inlay
Of braided blooms. --Tennyson.
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Inlay \In*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inlaied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{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.
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Look, how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. --Shak.
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But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to
inlay their story. --Milton.
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