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overlying |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overlie \O`ver*lie"\, v. t. [imp. {Overlay}; p. p. {Overlain}; p. pr & vb n. {Overlying}.] To lie over or upon specifically, to suffocate by lying upon as to overlie an infant. --Quain. A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overlying \O`ver*ly"ing\, a. Lying over or upon something as overlying rocks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overlying adj : placed on or over something else; "an overlying image" [syn: {superimposed}]
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