English Dictionary

inlay

/ɪnˈleɪ/

verb

(also figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design. / (dentistry) To place an inlay in a tooth.

She carefully inlays the gemstones into the wooden frame.

意味（1）

(also figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.

The body of the Scriptures hath in it limbs taken from other bodies; and in the word of God, are the words of other men, other authors, inlaid & inſerted. But, this work is onely where the Holy Ghoſt is the Workman: It is not for man to inſert, to inlay other words into the word of God.

意味（2）

(dentistry) To place an inlay in a tooth.

Porcelain inlaying is a grand thing in certain cases, and it is much to be regretted that the present existing circumstances do not warrant its being used more extensively.