interlayn.
/ˈɪntəleɪ/ That which is intercalated; esp. in Printing.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > something interposed
interjection1598
intercalation1649
interposition1650
interpositive1650
interlineary1670
interlocation1834
interpolation1851
interlay1901
society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > paper to raise types, etc., to level
underlay1683
interlay1940
1901 Westm. Gaz. 10 Oct. 2/2 A delicate Chantilly lace mounted over cream satin, with an interlay of cream chiffon.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 453/2 Interlay, paper inserted between a printing plate and its mount in order to raise the plate to type height.
1948 H. Missingham Student's Guide Commerc. Art ii. 82 Interlay, paper placed between the mount and the metal plate to raise those portions of the block, representing usually the dark tones and solids.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
interlayv.
/ɪntəˈleɪ/ 1. transitive. To lay between or among; to interpose.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) between
interlace1532
interlard1545
interplace1548
object1548
intersert1582
lace1595
interpose1599
interblend1605
interlay1609
enlard1621
interpone1678
intercalate1824
interpolate1827
interlocate1851
interleave1856
sandwich1861
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. lxx. 105 This Chayne of Nature might be interlay'd Betweene the Father and his high intents.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 225 That certain Courses or Ledges of more strength then the rest, be interlayed.
1846 E. B. Browning in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 494 And the meadow turf, cut finely, Round them laid and interlaid.
2. To furnish or vary with something placed or inserted between; also figurative.
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1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 457 The walls of red marble shined like fire, interlaid with gold.
1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 34 The one interlayeth affection with too much passion, the other with too much dissimulation.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Hhh5 Composed of Marble, and everywhere enterlaid with gold.
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