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Inlay   /ˈɪnlˌeɪ/   Listen
Inlay

verb
(past & past part. inlaid; pres. part. inlaying)
1.
Decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal.





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"Inlay" Quotes from Famous Books



... was one of what Welles called "Vincent's sidewipes," which he could inlay so deftly that they seemed an integral part of the conversation. He wondered what Mrs. Crittenden would say, if Vincent ever got through his gabble and gave her a chance. She was turning to him now, smiling, and beginning to speak. What a nice ...
— The Brimming Cup • Dorothy Canfield Fisher
... in expecting—to be no forest, scarcely even a grove, but a mere patch, and the timber a "sport" though an exceedingly beautiful one. On their return to Limon Farrell wrote out a careful report. The wood was priceless. It deserved a new genius to design a new style of inlay for it. Given that, with the very pink of artists among cabinet-makers and a knowledgeable man to put the furniture on the market, a reasonable fortune was to be made. With skill it could be propagated: but for two generations and longer it must depend ...
— Foe-Farrell • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Words linked to "Inlay" :   filling, parquetry, parqueterie, dental medicine, hatch, decoration, ornament, embellish, ornamentation, adorn, dentistry, grace, handicraft, marqueterie, marquetry, beautify, decorate, damascene, odontology


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