v. t.
Look, how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay their story. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety;
Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay
Broidered the ground. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sloping of the moonlit sward
Was damask work, and deep inlay
Of braided blooms. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]