overlie

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

overlie
    v 1: lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older
         rocks"
    2: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn:
       {overlie}, {overlay}]

from 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her
         sleeping.                                --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "overlie":
      arch over, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, extend over, hang over,
      imbricate, jut, lap, lap over, lie over, overarch, overhang,
      overlap, override, ride, shingle, span

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