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The insertion of thin slips of one material within the surface of another for decorative purposes.
The process or art of inlaying. rare.
An inlaying or embossing. Obsolete.
Inlaying or embossing; inlaid work. Obsolete.
Subcategories:
— inlayer (1)
— with minute points of gold (2)
— with brass, tortoise-shell, etc. (3)
— plate of inlaid material (1)
— piece of inlaid work (5)