Found 3 items, similar to Inlaying.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: inlay
menata, menatah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inlay
inlay
n 1: (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as
gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and
cemented into place
2: a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared
slots in a surface
v : decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
[also:
inlaid]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inlaying
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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