Crossword clues for inlaying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 diversify or adorn with insertions.
Look, how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.
--Shak.
But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to
inlay their story.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
n. An inlaid pattern. vb. (present participle of inlay English)
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.