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English Dictionary: inset by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inset
n
  1. a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
  2. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
    Synonym(s): insert, inset
  3. a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
    Synonym(s): gusset, inset
v
  1. set or place in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inset \In*set"\, v. t.
      To infix. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inset \In"set\, n.
      1. That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
  
      2. (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.
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