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inlaid, ppl. a.|ˈɪnleɪd, ɪnˈleɪd|
[f. inlay v. + -ed1; see also lay in in lay v.]
†1. Laid in, placed or situated within; implanted, fixed within. Obs.
1606Proc. agst. Late Traitors 70 His bowels and inlayed parts taken out and burnt. 1611Florio, Imposto, in-laid, put in. 1639Fuller Holy War iv. vi. (1647) 178 The inveterate and inlaid hatred (not to be washed off) they bear to the Latines. 1660― Mixt Contempl. (1841) 174 The warmth of the maid was inlaid, and equally diffused through the whole body.
2. a. Laid or embedded in the surface of a thing, esp. as decorative material in a ground work; ornamented with inserted materials.
1598Florio, Vermiculato, wrought with checker work..in-laid work. 1601Holland Pliny I. 493 Marquetry and other inlaid works. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 63 The palace is magnificent, abounding with..tables of inlaid marble. 1883C. J. Wills Mod. Persia 332 A kind of inlaid work similar to our Tonbridge ware is made in Persia.
fig.1612Drayton Poly-olb. iv. 19 Of all the In-laid Iles her Soueraigne Seuerne keepes, That bathe their amorous breasts within her secret Deepes.
b. Of linoleum or the like: decorated with a design that is set into the surface.
1908Westm. Gaz. 30 May 7/2 The floors will be covered with Greenwich inlaid linoleum. 1959Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring & Summer 780 Easy-care inlaid vinyl... Toughest plastic used in floorcoverings. Ibid. 731 Inlaid linoleum.
3. dial. and slang. (See quots.)
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Inlayed, well inlayed, at ease in his Fortune, or full of Money. 1828Craven Dial., Inlaid, provided with, laid up in store. ‘We're weel inlaid for coals’. |