English words starting with onla

Meanings of Onlaid:

adjective

Fixed or mounted on a surface, especially on the cover of a book.

Meanings of Onlap:

noun

A progressive increase in the lateral extent of conformable strata in passing upwards from older to younger strata, so that each stratum is hidden by the one above; a set of strata exhibiting this.

verb

To cover (a stratum) so as to form an onlap.

Meanings of Onlay:

noun

An item of cloth, paper, etc., fixed on the surface of something, especially for decorative effect; a thin piece of leather, etc., mounted on the cover of a book for ornamentation.

verb

To lay on (literal and figurative): see to lay on.

Meanings of Onlaying:

noun

The action of laying something on something else.