Talk:inlay

RFV discussion: June 2016–May 2017
Rfv-sense: "to fill a tooth". Wiktionary seems to be the only dictionary which has this sense. I tried to look for usage in Google but with no success. E.g. "tooth was inlaid" produces one hit of a Fiji tribesman whose tooth was inlaid in the club which killed him. --Hekaheka (talk) 04:36, 6 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I have added four cites, but found many more. I would, however, suggest adding "dated" to the entry, as the cites are all rather old. Kiwima (talk) 05:32, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * From the citations as presented one couldn't tell whether inlay refers to a special technique, a standard technique using different/non-standard materials, or to filling teeth in general. I suggest that we keep this in RfV until this question is resolved or that we remove the definition. DCDuring TALK 10:14, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * inlay implies, but doesn't clearly state, that an inlay is something that is formed outside the tooth and inserted into it. That differs from filling. Presumably the nouns' semantics transfer to the verbs'. |glossary+dentistry&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEgIu3lZPNAhUCyj4KHU8iBlAQ6AEIVDAH#v=onepage&q=inlay&f=false This 1922 dental dictionary (p 152) makes it clear that the formation of the inlay does not occur in the mouth. The same source's definition of filling makes filling seem either a hypernym of or a technique distinguishable from inlaying. DCDuring TALK 10:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree with DCDuring. That is what I picked up when I was huntin for cites. Kiwima (talk) 20:35, 6 June 2016 (UTC)


 * RFV passed. Given the uncertainty about the semantics, I have reworded the verb def in question to refer to the appropriate noun def. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 02:06, 1 May 2017 (UTC)