[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay
         broidered the ground.                    --milton.
   1913 webster

         the sloping of the moonlit sward
         was damask work, and deep inlay
         of braided blooms.                       --tennyson.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inlay \inlay"\, 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.
   1913 webster

         look, how the floor of heaven
         is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. --shak.
   1913 webster

         but these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to
         inlay their story.                       --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
inlaied inlaying 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
inlaid 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 moby thesaurus words for "inlay":
   bed, bed in, bush, bushing, ceil, doubling, doublure, embed, face,
   facing, feather, fill, filler, filling, fit in, fur, implant,
   infix, inlayer, insert, insertion, inset, insole, interline,
   interlineation, line, liner, lining, load, pack, packing, pad,
   padding, stuff, stuffing, tessellate, tessera, wad, wadding,
   wainscot

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