onlay

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- +‎ lay.

Verb

onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)

1. (transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface.

Etymology 2

From on- +‎ lay.

Noun

onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)

1. (often attributive) A material placed such that it overlaps another.
   • 2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons‎^[1], volume 19, →DOI:

     Umbilical hernias in many centers are best managed with the use of polypropylene mesh placed in the onlay position or Ventralex-type mesh (Bard Davol) placed intraperitoneally in patients under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting.

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• inlay

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• any ol', Layon, lay on