overlie : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overlie	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for overlie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overlie v lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks" kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" Synonym(s): overlie, overlay
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlie \O`verlie"\, 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.