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Definition of Superlying
1. superlie [v] - See also: superlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superlying
Literary usage of Superlying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"... rising in altitude with the superlying belts of vegetation, they decrease
until the region beyond the timber-line is reached, in a similar manner as ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"It only remains to cut all superlying tissues with a sharp knife. The sphincter
should be cut at right angles because there is less liability to ..."
3. A Prisoner of War in Virginia 1864-5 by George Haven Putnam (1912)
"In the course of weeks, progress was made, but a miscalculation as to the length
of the superlying stone or as to the strength of the stone, ..."
4. International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures by Henry W. Cattell (1902)
"With one stroke of the knife I cut all superlying tissue, which includes skin,
superficial fascia, and the sphincter ani muscle. ..."
5. Rocks Classified and Described: A Treatise on Lithology by Bernhard von Cotta (1866)
"What thickness of superlying strata should be assumed as sufficient to produce
the transmutation which has resulted, we are unable to say; and we have fewer ..."
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