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Definition of Overlying
1. Adjective. Placed on or over something else. "An overlying image"
Definition of Overlying
1. a. Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.
Definition of Overlying
1. Adjective. lying over or upon something else ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlying
1. overlie [v] - See also: overlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlying
Literary usage of Overlying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Diagrammatic section, showing relative position of till tt * and overlying sand
and gravel series SS *. H'= river valley. to give a general view of the ..."
2. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"A. 10. represents a dike and protruded mass of Granite, intersecting and overlying
stratified rocks of the Primary and Transition series. ..."
3. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"At the extreme northeast end of the b£sin, near Tennessee River, where the syncline
curves up to the surface in the shape of a spoon the overlying shale has ..."
4. Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a Complete ...Great Britain (1900)
"1924 ; soil chiefly clay, overlying coal and limestone. ... 2200 ; soil clay and
chalk, overlying chalk. The church of St. Matthew is partly Norm., ..."
5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... thin layers of fine grained sandstone 40 Covered 25 Upper Wyoming, Soft buff
sandstone 30 Fio. 3.—Section of the Morrison and overlying and underlying ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1841)
"I The Silurian System, founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop,
Hereford, §-c.; with Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and overlying ..."
7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana, ( (1880)
"... are broken more or less into patches, either by uplifts that have brought
lower rocks to the surface, or by the occurrence of overlying deposite. ..."
8. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"... are broken more or less into patches, either by uplifts that have brought
lower rocks to the surface, or by the occurrence of overlying deposits. ..."
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