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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inlaced p. pr. & vb. n. Inlacing ] [ Pref. in- + lace: cf. OE. enlacen to entangle, involve, OF. enlacier, F. enlacer. See Lace, and cf. Enlace. ] To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace. P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Law L. inlagatio, fr. inlagare to restore to law. See In, and Law. ] (Old Eng. Law) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The interior part of a country. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. S. Turner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. “This wide inland sea.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

From inland regions to the distant main. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inland. [ Obs. ] T. Reeve(1657) [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + L. lapis, lapidis, stone. ] To convert into a stony substance; to petrify. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Enlard. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ In + law. Cf. Inlagation. ] (Old Eng. Law) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law. Burrill.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inlaied p. pr. & vb. n. Inlaying. ] To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, mother-of-pearl, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look, how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay their story. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety; as, ornamented with ivory inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay
Broidered the ground. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sloping of the moonlit sward
Was damask work, and deep inlay
Of braided blooms. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The People's Republic of China, also called Communist China, in distinction from Nationalist China, the government located on the island of Taiwan. Both governments claim to represent the entire people of China, but the People's republic is recognized as China by the United Nationss and most of its member states.
Syn. -- Red China, PRC, Beijing. [ PJC ]