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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
overlying
    adj 1: placed on or over something else; "an overlying image"
           [syn: overlying, superimposed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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         A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her
         sleeping.                                --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Overlying \O`ver*ly"ing\, a.
   Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.
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