Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something laid or applied over something else, as to add relief to a surface.
- noun Medicine A graft applied to the surface of a recipient organ or structure.
- noun Dentistry A cast, usually made of metal, attached to the surface of a tooth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Anything mounted upon another or affixed to it so as to project from its surface in relief, especially in ornamental design.
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Examples
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Procedures to correct the condition include MAGPI repair and transverse island onlay and tube repairs.
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Patel RP, AR, Leone NT, Carr MC, Canning DA: Split onlay skin flap for the salvage hypospadias repair.
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At any rate, I made it to work and then to my dental appointment, where they put on a temporary onlay to fix a cracked molar the permanent one goes on in a couple of weeks.
Archive 2007-03-01 Lisa B. 2007
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At any rate, I made it to work and then to my dental appointment, where they put on a temporary onlay to fix a cracked molar the permanent one goes on in a couple of weeks.
All hail the Tire King! Lisa B. 2007
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Students learn to use wire-edge configurations for books, enclosures, and articulated sculptures, create 3-D surfaces for book covers, boxes, and artwork using mold making and paper casting techniques, bind paper with unique metal structures, prepare paste and leather for onlay/inlay application, and construct full-leather bindings with both French and English methods.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Students learn to use wire-edge configurations for books, enclosures, and articulated sculptures, create 3-D surfaces for book covers, boxes, and artwork using mold making and paper casting techniques, bind paper with unique metal structures, prepare paste and leather for onlay/inlay application, and construct full-leather bindings with both French and English methods.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Couched cord or filoselle is useful in covering the raw edge of the onlay, not so much masking the joints as making them sightly.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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Yet another practice, and one more strictly in keeping with the onlaying of cord, was to onlay the solid also, applying, that is to say, the surface colour also in the form of pieces of silk cut to shape.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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It disturbs the breadth, which is so valuable a characteristic of onlay.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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Kajbafzadeh A-M, et al. Detubularized pedicled vaginal onlay flap urethroplasty: A new method for hypospadias repair of ambiguous genitalia.
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