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noun

Inset n.

That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

(Bookbinding) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as:

(a)

A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; also called offcut.

(b)

A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

verb

Inset v. t. (past & past part. inset; pres. part. insetting) To infix. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Inset'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... element should be inset in sole plate with one-fourth inch margin, a direct heat connection between the two masses of metal could be secured at a consequent ...

— The Consumer Viewpoint • Mildred Maddocks

... him in the hall on the third floor. She wore a little lingerie frock of white voile, tucked and inset with lace and girdled with pink satin. It was collarless and her hair was done high on her head so that little locks escaped from the pins and rested on her white neck. She looked about eighteen ...

— Mary Rose of Mifflin • Frances R. Sterrett

... Fred and Will. He came on them sitting smoking under the great rock near the waterfront that bad been inset with a bronze medallion of Bismarck, and startled them almost into committing an assault on him, by saying that he wanted our secret code at once. They had been trying to get tobacco to Brown, and sweetmeats to Kazimoto, ...

— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy

... was the fern-design, spangled with Sweet William, for instance. It was only to be the edging on a shawl for her, but he spent three days and two nights on it; and then she asked him to make it over with jack-in-the-pulpit inset, because she was sure to grow tired very soon of Sweet William; then she changed her mind about jack-in-the-pulpit and decided on wintergreen berries. This is just a sample of one teeny bit of what she demanded. And Andy was very awkward; so naturally he began complaining of his shuttles ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1915 - And the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... the Imitation of Christ. With Illuminated Frontispiece and Title Page, and Illuminated Sub-Titles to each book. In white or blue cloth, with inset miniatures. Gilt top; crown 8vo, 6s. nett; also bound in same manner in real classic vellum. Each copy in a box, 10s. 6d. nett; Antique leather with clasps, 10s. ...

— Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language • Cecil G. Dolmage

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