onlay

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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

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From on- +‎ lay.

Noun

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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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