单词 | inlay |
释义 | inlayn. 1. The process or art of inlaying. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] inlaying1598 inlay1656 indenture1664 indenting1730 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] inlaying1598 inlay1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Inlay, a term among Joyners, and signifies a laying of coloured wood in Wainscoat-works, Cupboards, &c. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 June 3/1 The inlay of furniture with ivory, and other forms of marquetry. 2. a. Material inlaid or prepared for inlaying; inlaid work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > piece of inlaid work hatchment1616 emblem1656 inlayingc1660 inlay1667 inlay work1884 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 105 Their Shell..is very thin and clear,..'tis used..for inlays, being extraordinary thin. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 172 With rich inlay the various floor was grac'd. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxi. 25 The heavy cupboard-doors at the bottom were enriched with inlays of paler wood. b. Dentistry. A filling of gold, porcelain, or other suitable material which is pre-formed to the required shape and then cemented into a cavity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > a restoration > filling(s) > types of inlay1888 pinlay1915 pinledge1915 1888 Dental Cosmos XXX. 542 One of the chief obstacles to success..has been the difficulty of exactly fitting the inlay to the tooth. 1921 J. B. Parfitt Operative Dental Surg. xix. 175 An ‘inlay’ is a filling which is constructed outside the patient's mouth and then cemented into place in the tooth cavity. 1963 C. R. Cowell et al. Inlays, Crowns, & Bridges ii. 3 Originally gold inlays were prepared by a technique similar to that used for porcelain inlays. 1973 Which? Mar. 78/2 Your dentist would not be allowed to fill your mouth with gold inlays when ordinary amalgam fillings would do. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by layering inlay1658 layering1703 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 157 The contrivance of Art, in submersions and Inlays, inverting the extremes of the plant, and fetching the root from the top. 4. Bookbinding. An inner sheet in a gathering. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > leaf > types of leaf title sheet1615 interleaf1741 end-paper1818 flyleaf1832 inlay1877 witness1880 end-leaf1905 blank1952 1877 Winter Jones in H. B. Wheatley How to Catalogue (1889) iv. 169 Each sheet after the first in each gathering being called an inlay. 5. The inlaid edge or inturn in a seam. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > seam > part of inlay1899 1899 Daily News 6 July 8/3 There is not enough ‘inlay’... Should a ladies' tailor turn out work like that? 6. attributive, as inlay work, inlaid work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > piece of inlaid work hatchment1616 emblem1656 inlayingc1660 inlay1667 inlay work1884 1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 779/2 Some of the inlay work is very fine. 1898 Daily News 2 Sept. 5/1 The cheapening of knife handles, billiard balls, inlay work, and pianoforte keys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). inlayv.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > place in safety nestle1548 state1607 sanctuary1615 inlaya1631 lodge1666 ensconce1820 sconce1842 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] > for protection hide1297 heild?a1513 inlaya1631 lock1646 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 55 From the worlds Common having sever'd thee, Inlaid thee, neither to be seen, nor see. 2. a. To lay or embed (a thing) in the substance of something else so that its surface becomes even or continuous with that of the matrix. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > in the surface inlay1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inframettere, to inlay or worke in among other things. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 18 Inscriptions and Epitaphs, cut, writ, inlaid, or engrauen vpon the Sepulchres. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §80 The moorstone courses, inlaid into the frame of the building. 1851 R. A. Willmott Pleasures of Lit. (1857) xxi. 137 Horace Walpole's correspondence inlays his own mind in mosaic. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 75 Other monumental slabs were inlaid with the pavement itself. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 79 Facing the deep is a cave inlaid in a precipice. b. To insert a page of a book, a plate, or a cut, in a space cut in a larger and stouter page, for its preservation, or to enlarge the margin, and thus the whole size. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [verb (transitive)] > insert leaves or pages > insert in larger page inlay1810 1810 W. Laing (Bookseller, Edinb.) Catalogue No. 2722 (Compl. Scot.) The leaves are inlaid, and completed from the new edition. 1872 J. A. H. Murray in Complaynt Scotl. Introd. p. xix The leaves being cut out and ‘inlaid’ in a large quarto of the size of the large-paper copies of Leyden's reprint. 1892 S. Lee in Dict. National Biogr. XXIX. 35/2 Book-collectors..employed him [Ireland] to ‘inlay’ illustrated books. 3. a. To furnish or fit (a thing) with a substance of a different kind embedded in its surface; to diversify or ornament (a thing) by such insertion of another material disposed in a decorative pattern or design. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > inlay [verb (transitive)] indent?a1400 hatch1480 enhach1523 inlay1600 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > cover with metal [verb (transitive)] > inlay inlay1600 enchase1640 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 59 Looke how the floore of heauen is thick inlayed with pattens of bright gold. View more context for this quotation 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 66 A broad rich Baldrik..In-laid with gold. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 101 The lids are of one board, and for ornament often inlaid with Rain-deers bones. 1760 T. Warton Idler 16 Feb. 49 A Battle-ax whose Handle was inlaid with Brass. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 98 The doors are of tortoise~shell, inlaid with mother-of-pearl. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 303 But these are things..thence borrow'd by the Monks to inlay thir story. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 354 His Discourse is inlaid with Oaths. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. Introd. v. 125 The soft green-sward is inlaid With varied moss and thyme. c. absol. ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub v. ii. 61 in Wks. (1640) III Tub. How long ha' you studied Ingine? Medlay. Since I first Ioyn'd, or did in-lay in wit. View more context for this quotation d. transferred. Said of the material embedded; also in participial adj., inlaying n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > inlay [verb (transitive)] > of material inlaid inlay1785 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 170 The stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale. 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 177 Tear down th' inlaying gold of Solomon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1656v.1598 |
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