In″lay′ (?), 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.
The sloping of the moonlit sward
Was damask work, and deep inlay
Of braided blooms. Tennyson.