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Answer for the clue "Decorating wood, perhaps ", 8 letters:
inlaying

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n. An inlaid pattern. vb. (present participle of inlay English)

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Inlay \In*lay"\, 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 ...

Usage examples of inlaying.

And ever Time tossed him bitterly to and fro As a shuttle inlaying a perilous warp of woe In the woof of things from terminal snow to snow, Till, lo!

Many of the ivory inlayings of her bulwarks and cabins were started from their places, by the unnatural dislocation.