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) (transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface. === Etymology 2 === From on- +‎ lay. ==== Noun ==== onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays) (often attributive) A material placed such that it overlaps another. (dentistry) A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth. ===== Related terms ===== inlay === Anagrams === any ol', Layon, lay on