Definition of "inlaid" []

• Past tense and past participle of inlay. (verb)
• Set into a surface in a decorative pattern: a mahogany dresser with an inlaid teak design. (adjective)
• Decorated with a pattern set into a surface: inlaid antique furniture. (adjective)
• Having a pattern that goes through to the backing. Used of linoleum or vinyl flooring. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Manuscript title inlaid to window-panel with engraved border."
• "Ms. Sprague had spent the afternoon sorting a jumble of new arrivals: 21 boxes of medicine containing dried sea horse; an antique sword inlaid with sea turtle shell; several bottles of foul-looking wine purportedly good for treating arthritis with pickled snakes coiled inside."
• "Further, on hearing of the victory, the King of Siam, from whom Malacca had been “usurped by the Moors,” sent to the conqueror a cup of gold, a carbuncle, and a sword inlaid with gold."