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(of a design) Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.
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(of the surface of an item) Having an inset decorative pattern.
verb
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To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
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To place an inlay in a tooth.
Examples of inlaid in a Sentence
Then there is the camp who have the drawers inlaid with foam with all the shapes cut out so you see what's missing.
Stylish hand inlaid sighting spots are complemented by a distinctive silver hallmark.
From the Accutron Barcelona Collection, this model features a white enamel dial and inlaid gold running the length of the stainless steel band.
It also has a transparent back through which to view the LV122 caliber watch movement and an inlaid sunstone at the 12 o'clock position.
Some collectors like collecting music boxes such as antique music boxes, inlaid music boxes, ballerina music boxes, and carousel music boxes.
We also have some stunning wooden boxes, from small oval pill boxes to inlaid jewelry boxes.
Some may even have the benefit of an unusual design, or contain some fine inlaid marquetry.
The lid itself simply lifts off and is decorated with a round inlaid cork picture, which features pagodas, cranes and pines.
Surrounding the fountain, inlaid into the granite paving, is a specially written poem, a gift to the city by Roger McGough.
There was a central corridor with a floor made of red terracotta tesserae and inlaid mosaic panels.
The cruiser-style stern and bow cockpits have inlaid teak decks, and the interior is faced throughout with American white oak.
The equally magnificent cloisters of the Lateran, of about the same date, are very similar in design; both these triumphs of the sculptor-architect's and mosaicist's work have slender marble columns, twisted or straight, richly inlaid with bands of glass mosaic in delicate and brilliant patterns.
There is a large trade in Tunbridge ware, which includes work-tables, boxes, toys, &c., made of hard woods, such as beech, sycamore, holly, and cherry, and inlaid with mosaic. Tunbridge Wells was incorporated in 1889, and is governed by a mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors.
The splendid west front, of tricuspidal form, enriched with a multitude of columns, statues and inlaid marbles, is said to have been begun by Giovanni Pisano, but really dates from after 1370; it was finished in 1380, and closely resembles that of Orvieto, which is earlier in date (begun in 1310).
Presentation table and vase Ebony and rosewood veneer table inlaid with silver and with feet of electroplated nickel silver.
Look for flat panel dressers with sleek drawer fronts and inlaid handles that don't interrupt the design.
Inlaid designs such as mother of pearl accents can also come loose and be lost.
Double-panes increase the price, so you may eliminate fancy inlaid decorations.
Common materials used in Art Deco design are aluminum, stainless steel, lacquer and inlaid wood.
Large medallions inlaid into the floor and centered below a light can be a wonderful focal point for guests as they enter the home.
Polyanthuses are not at all sufficiently appreciated, considering the wonderful array of beauty they present, and that for rich and charmingly inlaid coloring they surpass all other flowers of our spring gardens.
The fretboard is inlaid with fret bars that help show you where to finger the strings to produce notes and chords.
With its inlaid rhinestone crystals that loop in the back of this string bikini, this suit is simply breath taking.
In fact, one Indian Emperor, Akbar I, loved the game so much that he had huge courts of inlaid marble created.
Choosing a more unique metal, such as inlaid titanium, can make a promise ring distinctive.
Some sets of promise rings are inlaid with gemstones.
There is a four-inch inlaid zipper topped with a metal logo.
This is a Grecian building (1785), with a richly ornamented ceiling and inlaid altarpavement; it also contains much fine sculpture in the memorials to former dukes, and is the burial-place of Field Marshal Lord Raglan, who was the youngest son of the 5th duke of Beaufort.
It is inlaid with designs in colour and black and white, representing Biblical and legendary subjects, and is supposed to have been begun by Duccio della Buoninsegna.
The metal guard (Isuba), made of ironorpreciousalloy,wasadorned with engraved designs, often inlaid with gold and silver.
The chief example of her early art was the celebrated "chest of Cypselus" at Olympia, of carved cedar and ivory inlaid with gold.
In addition to painting altarpieces and frescoes, he designed much of the inlaid marble floor of Siena Cathedral.
Mosaic tiled floors, hand carved inlaid furniture and glittering chandeliers set the tone of faded elegance in this 486 room hotel.
It is mainly built of red brick, with fine nave columns of red and white marble and an elaborate marble pavement inlaid in many different patterns.
The difference between this process and ordinary inlaying is that for sumi-zogan the design to be inlaid is fully chiselled out of an independent block of metal with sides sloping so as to be broader at the base than at the top. The object which is to receive the decoration is then channelled in dimensions corresponding to those of the design block, and the latter having been fixed in the channels, the surface is ground and polished until an intimate union is obtained between the inlaid design and the metal forming its field.
Shibuichi inlaid with shakudo used to be the commonest combination of metals in this class of decoration, and the objects usually depicted were bamboos, crows, wild-fowl under the moon, peony sprays and so forth.
There are three colleges, and the Biki mosque is a fine building inlaid with blue and white tiles.
In the Ligore ware the hammered ground-work is inlaid with a black composition of sulphides of baser metals which throws up the pattern with distinctness.
The outside of the church is plain, except the aisle walls and three eastern apses, which are decorated with intersecting pointed arches and other ornaments inlaid in marble.
These and the gunwale are tastefully inlaid with mother-of-pearl and wreathed with shells and feathers.
There are several ancient churches and convents, in one of which the interior of the chancel roof is inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Most of these districts are governed by deba or chiefs, while a few have kings or gyalpo, the most powerful of the latter being the king of Derge, famous for its inlaid metal and leather work, and of Chagla, or, as it is better known, Tachienlu, as it is called by the Chinese or the Dartsemdo of the Tibetans, the headquarters of the tea trade with China.
This, with its rather handsome cupola, and the twelve minor tombs of Ahmad Shah's children grouped around, contains a few good specimens of fretwork and of inlaid inscriptions.
The church contains fine inlaid choir stalls by Fra Giovanni da Verona.
A vase of Menes with purple inlaid hieroglyphs in green glaze and the tiles with relief figures are the most important pieces.
Some of the larger canoes are ornamented with rude carving; and in some islands they are somewhat elaborately decorated with inlaid mother-of-pearl.
Most of these works in bronze were enriched with fine lines inlaid in silver, and in some cases with a kind of niello or enamel.
There is considerable through trade with Afghanistan by the Gomal Pass, and there are local manufactures of cotton cloth scarves and inlaid wood-work.
All the spandrils of the Taj, all the angles and more important architectural details, are heightened by being inlaid with precious stones such as agates, bloodstones, jaspers and the like.
These are combined in wreaths, scrolls and frets, as exquisite in design as they are beautiful in colour, and relieved by the pure white marble in which they are inlaid, they form the most beautiful and precious style of ornament ever adopted in architecture.