See Also: overlie(medicine)
overlie(dictionary)
overlie(dictionary)

overlie (iou)



overlie verb trans. . Also overlig, infl. -gg-. ME.
[from OVER- + LIE verb1.]
Lie over or on top of. ME.
Discovery Dunshauglin crannog during excavation, showing the brushwood layer, the overlying timbers.
spec. Smother (a child etc.) by lying on him or her. Cf. OVERLAY verb1 4b. ME.
fig. Oppress. ME-M16.
'overlier noun (a) a person who is a burden or encumbrance; (b) a thing, spec. a timber, which lies over or on top of something else: LME.